The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-03
NARROW ESCAPE OF GEO. COSRAW
 IN ICE FIELDS

Letters received from George R. Goshaw, the Alaska buyer for the house of George R. Goshaw, Inc, with offices in Seattle and New York, state that he has arrived safely at Nome after perilous voyage to the Si, berian coast in the schooner Noatak during which trip his boat was given up as lost. A rich cargo of furs was secured by MT Goshaw, who writes that he will be in Cordova in the spring. The Nome Nugget, in describ- ing the trip, says:
 Much to the qualification of the many friends of George Goshaw and the crew of the vessel, the trading schooner Kokatak, recently reported fast in the Arctic ice pack off North Cape, Siberia, and in a perilous posi- tion, returned to port late yesterday afternoon, after escaping from the ice September 6, one week after the de- parture of the Polar Bear from North Cape.
 Those aboard the schooner report that the schooner Esperanza, which also was reported fast in the ice by the Polar Bear, has been placed in winter quarters in one of the coves near the entrance of Kulychian bay. The Esperanza was in such a position that escape from the ice was hardly hoped for by her crew, and it was decided to haul up on shore for the winter. The escape of the Kokatak was providential, and the crew were expecting the vessel would be forced to remain in the pack until spring. At times the vessel was in grave dan ger of being nipped by the huge foes. A lead opened up, however, and per mitted the little vessel to make her getaway. The crew report they say nothing of the Casco, which was at tempting to get back to Nome with her crew.
 Despite her unfortunate experience with the ice, the voyage of the Noka- talk was a highly profitable one from a trading standpoint. Many valuable skins, the major portion of which are foxes, were secured from the natives. The vessel encountered extremely heavy ice almost from the hour of her arrival in Arctic waters. The pas sage along the coast from East Cape to North Cape was fraught with great difficulty. Ice in great masses was encountered at every stage of the re- turn trip. Those aboard the vessel ex- press themselves as feeling extremely fortunate that they managed to get out or were not compelled to spend winter on the bleak Siberian coast.
 Skipper Gudmanson and others on board the Polar Bear say the Kokatak and Esperanza were both caught in the ice at a point about thirty miles off North Cape at the time of the Polar Bears departure from that point on August 2S. The situation of the two vessels is described as dangerous in the extreme. The ice conditions in the Arctic are the most severe that the oldest seaman aboard the Polar Bear remembers. The ice is piled up in mountainous masses, and is by far the heaviest seen in years. Photo graphs taken by members of the crew show huge bergs and pinnacles inter- mingled with great upheaved blocks, the surface of which resembles noth- ing so much as picture of the Alps from the summit of Mont Blanc.
 Tn places the ice encountered was higher than the schooner's masts, and navigation through the open leads was sometimes extremely precarious. The Polar Bear sighted the two yes sels during passage and learned from