Douglas Island news., 1919-10-31
HAS
 PLENTY or GRIT
Been Trying Since 1916 to Negotiate Northwest Passage From West
 to East-Wil Keep at It

Hanging on with uncouquorablo srt Capt. Joe Bernard. master and owner Of Che stout ituc schooner Teddy Bear. persists in his efforts Go mako Che Northwest Passage. sailing from west to oaat a venture Chat he at out to do n 1916.
 Word of Capt Bcrnard's dotormin-
 ion to be the second navigator to. mako Che Northwest Passage and Che drt Go au through it from west Go mat was received by Capt. Alexan- der Allan veteran Arctic trader whom he was at Baly Island last summer lu thc schooner Sen Wolf of which he Is half owner. Captain tuan who has every faith n Bor- nard'a ultimate success. arrived in Seattle on tho steamship Victoria from Nome. on h.s somlanuual visit 10 this port says Che Times.
 Held back by .mpamablo obstacles in 1916. 1917 and 1918. Capt Bor- mrl last summer succeeded in ga'n- mr Victoria Straits. hundreds of miles to Che cast of Horsohel Island. and n probably wIntoriug In those waters
 Tt was in Victoria Strait many loralcs ago. that two ships Of Sir John Frankna expedition were wiped out Of existence with loss Of more chan 100 lives. Amundson. Che first navigator to make Che North west Passage. sailed from east Col vcst while Bernard is smiling from west to east
 "This was am evil year in Arctic navigation. "said Captain Allan. "Tho schooner Casco of San Francisco mashcd out her life cn Che King Island rocks The schooner Belye- lero ol Seattle went Go dosructIou in Che ice oG Che Siberian coast The schooner Belinda lies wrecked on Che Siberian coast Tho schooner Arctic was wrecked twenty-two miles east 1f Nome and uos haf a mile on shore. mu of water rho schooner poiar Bcar. built in Seattle for Capt Louis Lauo and later sold by him to| stcmnmon who used hor as Che flag ship of his expedition. win probably be aoatod this mn by her new own- srs. Levi & Co.,. of San Francisco and Nome. and brought to Seattle for new engines
 "Of tho vessels that entered the Arctic ths year Che schooner Bender Bros of Seattle. Che schooner Her. man. owned by Licbcs 6 Co. of San Francisco. and Che power schooner soa Wolf owned by Leo WIttonberg and myself succeeded in returning aev to Che ice-irco waters The .oast guard cutter Bear which was stopped by ice conditions ot Point. Hope while on Che way io Point Brow. also got out safely.
 Inability Of Che coast guard cutter To rcach Wainwright and Point Bar row wih mcl and provisions for Che. government stations and schools win .auao much inconvenience at both places The Boar landed her ship- mens at Point Hope. l0O miles by I-au his side Of Point Barrow and BOO miles th.s side Of Wainwright The shipments Of provisions win have Co bc taken overland by dog team. Wainwright has coal mine from which Che Point Barrow sta- lmns can get coal but it will have to bo hauled 100 miles by sled.
 The white residents of Point Bar row this winter arc c. D. Browcr owner of the trading post who has lived at chat place for forty years; Fred Hohson. hIs cook who has been h.rty-cight years In Che Are uc. Harry Bloomfield. also an em- pioyo Of Browcr, Dr. Spencer and wife, i'm charge of Che government chcoL ard Commissioner Cram and wle Growers trading post is well supplied with food. but has only anouri coal for its own use.
 Alter bis last winter visit to se- nto. Captain Allan departed for ihe Far North April 80. going to Nome via Cordova and Fairbanks In Nome he bought tho schooner Sea Wolf and with Che other owner. Leo wuonbore aailcd into tho Arctic. ro.ne as far cost os Baiiy island Tho voyage proved success in every respect On Che return leg Che Sea Wolf brought out tho Rev. MT. Frye .,ho EpIsconalian missionary on Her srhol island and Mrs. Frye landing lhem at Nome 40 Point Barry thc soa Wolf loaded the specimens col. ioctod by w. B Van Valn of th' museum Of Che University Of Penn.
 lran.a who discovered prohis
 unc EkImo vllage under thrc' foot of earth and ice noor Poin Bar row Tho specimens were landed a Nomo and brought south on ih'
 steamship Victoria
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