ONLY ONE WORRY!
WILKINS IN THE FAR NORTH SHORTAGE OF CIGARETTES. Telegram. VANCOUVER, April 8. A message from Fairbanks, Alaska, states that Captain Wilkins and Lieutenant Eielson flew 150 miles beyond ‘Point Barrow over the Arctic before landing at Barrow. No land was sighted, but unbroken stretches of ice were noted, as possible places for alighting The flight to Point Barrow last week was made in approximately four hours. The landing was made in. a blizzard which continued for two flays, and mads it difficult for a take-off. Cigarettes seemed the chief worry of Wilkins anti Eielson, as they did not take any with them, expecting to get some from Charlies Brower, a veteran trapper, at Point Barrow. -Brower’s supply was exhausted, but the men were not forced to go. without, as a woman writer, Miss Wallace, wintering a-t Barrow, came to their rescue. Both arrived back on Wednesday.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, 10 April 1926, Page 4
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