POLAR PLANS
iWILKINS'S LAST TRIP,
JIVER THE ICE AND BACK HOME
f: ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER LAND.
'{Cnitad Press Association. —Copyright.) (Reuters Telegram.) • VANCOUVER, sth May. ' "A Fairbanks telegram states that Captain. George Wilkius announced on Tuesday night that he would Icavo Fairbanks pa Wednesday, with Lieutenant Eielson as pilot, on routo to Barrow, in a single'engine aeroplane, and proceed thence liorthwaid on the last trip of his exploration, over the Arctic wastes in an attempt to discover land. 'Xhe 'plane Will fly 400 miles north of Barrow, and cruise east to west over the Arctic, 200 miles, and return to Barrow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 9
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101POLAR PLANS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 9
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