AVIATORS IN ARCTIC.
NARROW ESCAPE OF WILKINS
HANDS OF PILOT FROZEN
POINT BARROW, April 23. Captain Wilkins is undecided whether lie will attempt to' recover his damaged aeroplane, Avhich he ]pft floating on ice 70 or 80 miles out to sea, or not. He believes the abandoned! ’plane could be located from another aeroplane, but impairs might occupy tAvo days, and these Avould be difficult to effect in the present Aveather. Pilot Eielson’s frozen fingers' are recovering. but Captain Wilkins fears that Eieison’is hands will bie so usefess for several months' that he will be unable to hazard another tour ov-er the ice.
Algai Graham may accompany Captain Wilkins on,the next trip. Pilot Eielson declares that Captain Wilkins had a very close call from death when he fell into aim ice crevasse. He had to take off his clothes, meanwhile rolling in the snow to keep from freezing. “Captain Wilkins can travel further with a> heavy pack than any malm I ever saw,” declared Eielaan,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 12 May 1927, Page 10
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165AVIATORS IN ARCTIC. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 12 May 1927, Page 10
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