Northwest History. Alaska. Dogs, Dog Races & Mushers.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1920
• Subjects: Alaskan hounds; the antarctic; party of British; northern dogs; San Francisco; Alaska dogs; C. E. Darling; Berkeley; Cal.; Nome; G. H. Williams; John L. Cope; Ernest Schackleton; south pole; New Zealand; France; Darling; A. A. Allan; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Alaska; Antarctic; Pacific; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90443

Alaskan Hounds May Help Explore The Antarctic: Party Of British Headed For Far South Seeks Northern Dogs. ALASKAN HOUNDS MAY HELP EXPLORE THE ANTARCTIC Party of British Headed for Far South Seeks Northern Dogs. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. — Alaska dogs are wanted by a party of British explorers who are planning an expedition to the Antarctic, according to a letter received by C. E. Darling of Berkeley, Cal., former Nome (Alaska) dog raiser, from Captain G. H. Williams, a member of the proposed expedition. John L. Cope, surgeon and biologist of the Sir Ernest Schackleton expedition to the south pole, is to lead the party, the letter said. The start, it added, will be made from Wellington, New Zealand, next fall. Dogs of the breed wanted by the British expedition are from the same stock as the animals sent to France from Alaska during the war by Darling and A. A. ("Scotty") Allan, another Nome dog breeder. The two men developed a team that won the annual Nome all-Alaska sweepstakes dog derb four times.