| Summary: | Ice Pack Peril Faces Eskimos. ICE PACK PERIL FACES ESKIMOS BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 19. (/P)—Danger of the arctic ice pack shutting out the food-laden motorship North Star before it arrives here aroused apprehension among white residents today that many Eskimos may perish of starvation. "The ice closes in along the coast early next month," said Dr. Henry W. Greist, Presbyterian medical missionary, "and it's a gamble whether the supplies can be gotten to the area by boat this season." Ship En Route. The North Star is on its way from Seward to Nome where it was to stow additional supplies being sent from Seattle. With the reloading done, the North Star must ply north through Bering strait and then northeast along the ice-strewn Arctic ocean to Barrow.
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