| Summary: | Doctor Hastens To Stefansson: Physician Hits 300-Mile Snow Trail To Succor Explorer. DOCTOE HASTENS TO STEFANSSON Physician Hits SOO-Mlle Snow Trail to Succor Explorer. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 16.—A messenger arrived at Fort Yukon, Alaska, yesterday from the Arctic ocean with word that Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, who is wintering at Herschel island, is suffering from typhoid, and is very low. Dr. Burke, a Fort Yukon mission physician, left immediately over the 300-mile snow trail to the explorer's base. The messenger, who was sent by the explorer's party, made the 300-miles in 14 days. By taking five dog teams and using them in relays and by "mushing" day and night, the doctor hopes to reach Herschel island in 10 days.
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