Northwest History. Alaska. General.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1928
• Subjects: Seward; Alaska; Paul Kjegstal; reindeer; Aklak; Kuskokwim river; Alaska peninsula; Herendeen bay; Nick Johnson; codfishing station; Snug cove; Unga island; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; Snug Cove; Yukon; Kuskokwim
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91908

Aged Man On Terrific Trek: Will Drive 2000 Reindeer Over 1000-Mile Trail. AGED MAN ON TERRIFIC TREK Will Drive 2000 Reindeer Over 1000-Mile Trail. SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 22. UP)— With a 1000-mile journey ahead of them, Paul Kjegstal and two companions have started to drive a herd of 2000 reindeer from Akiak, on the Kuskokwim river in western Alaska, along the Alaska peninsula to the vicinity of Herendeen bay, word received by Nick Johnson, Snug r-Dve, on l.'nga island, says. Kjegstal made the trip, regarded as probably the longest trail transfer of reindeer in history, 60 years ago. During the summer of 1927, while again going over the route with five reindeer and a Yukon sled, testing out feed possibilities of the country, he ran into a burned area on the peninsula and nearly lost his life. He was able to stagger through to Herendeen bay with two reindeer left. Kjestal expects to complete his present hegira by next April.