| Summary: | Glacier Priest To Make Film Record Of Coast Guard Work. Glacier Priest to Make Film Record of Coast Guard Work Making a permanent record in sound film of the work of the Bering Sea patrol of the United States Coast Guard service will be the first objective of the Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, noted explorer, who will depart tomorrow for Alaska waters aboard the cutter Northland. Father Hubbard will spend five months aboard the Northland, visiting islands and coast settlements and taking part in its many services to the natives and communities of the territory. "The Army and the Navy are familiar institutions to the American people but not many persons are acquainted with the Navy's little sister, the Coast Guard Service," Father Hubbard said today. "The government's cutters protect the seal rookeries on the Pribilof Islands and convoy the migration of the seal herds northward. They take medical supplies and food to distressed villages, rescue lives at sea and remove dangers to navigation. Cutter Represents U. S. "To many native settlements, the arrival of a Coast Guard cutter is the only outward sign of Uncle Sam's interest in their welfare. The ship is recognized as the representative of law and justice. "I am taking along 100,000 feet of film which will be used to make a graphic recora of a summer's work of this great humanitarian agency. "The equipment which we shall take along has been gathered dur ing the last year or two. It represents my own earnings and the thoughtful contributions of individuals and business firms. I made application to several of the great philanthropic foundations and institutions to assist in the scientific and humanitarian side of the work but was refused. However, we have assembled $48,000 worth of equipment which will be used during the next eighteen months. Seal Oil to Be Studied "Dr. Victory Levine of Creighton University, who will go north in July, will study the medical properties of seal oil. It is known that seal oil contains an abundance of Vitamin D, highly valued in the treatment of tuberculosis. There is almost an unlimited source of supply of the oil and if some important medicinal use can be made of it, we can count it as a service; to humanity." After the close of navigation, Father Hubbard and his party will spend the long Arctic winter on King Island, forty-five miles off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea. The island is the home of nearly two hundred Eskimos, who are described by Father Hubbard as "unspoiled" by contacts with civilization. He will send metereological reports by radio to the mainland during his long exile. Accompanying Father Hubbard tomorrow will be Ed Levin, manager of Jhe expedition; Kenneth Chisholmn, assistant manager, and Bernard Stanley, radio operator.
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