The Nome nugget., 1921-07-30
NOME MARINERS VISIT "C0LDEST
 SPOT ON EARTH"

was suspended in their case The g-eater part of the distance w. cov- cred by means of reindeer teams. Tn: deer in most instances are hitched tc :he sled in pairs and the occupant of the sled is his own driver. as the sleds are built Co hold but one person. The than Al'siia deer and are capable cf covering Il considerable amount O: ground. Capt Gudmundsun mentioned. having driven in one instance 1"o vers:s (74 miles) in one days travel. No severe storms were encountered on the journey to Verkhoyansk and the weather. taken on the whole. was mild throughou. the entire trip. although sev.re coud was encountered in the area surrounding Verkhoyansk. In ,h;s region temperatures running as hgs as 5S degrees Remur equal to 96 degrees below Zero Fahrenheit. were not uncommon. The average temper ature at NerkhoyansL during A'apt. srees Ramur. tlbout 15 degrees k'ah- renheitD Capt. Gudmundsun states | that some curious effects arep reduced by these extreme temperatures. one of | which is that all il cold day the con- i de nsa ton of heat and moisture from :he bodies of men or animals causes them oappear surrounded by q mist | or vapor. To obtain a clear photo- ewaph of people or objects even on th' cleareSt day is impossible \ consid- erable number of views tayen by Capt :. Gudmundsun in Nerkhoyansk and vii | cinity Were withou: exception rendered dull and partially obscured by the misty state of the air As there is extreme dangtm of injury to the lungs in such intense cold. the inhabitants of the district wear hoods which cover ! period. Capt. GudmundSun WIS un- able to ascertain the reason fer the unusual cold which has mGe Nerk- hoyansk known as the oolles. town in he world. The town is !,cateG on the iana River in Latitude 6i.45 N.-th anG Longitude 136 Eas.. a sh .rt dis tlnce above 'he Arctic Circle
 i Procee fig southwnrd from Nerk. Ioyansk. Gudmundsnn ard olson en
 'erod a fairlN populous -os,on If broad l alleys aud 5l,, e with tinih7~ 7~od area $ | catered ieic md there md arrived at Yakutsk on the waters of the Lena River on December ) Yakutsh proved to he q modern city of about 10000 population. with splendid ! rick buildings and many fairly modern sp- pointnlt nts. The town lies i'i thc heart of a vast agricultural :egi .n
 wh ,is prior to the late war was, the grain md livestock supply point of Inc 1 Nakutsk State. which includes q m;tjo, portion of Eastern siberia.
 Cap:. Gudmundson immediatel, took up the fur seizure matter witt
 the state government officials and |.
 lengthy series of conferences ensued | Each branch of the various govern. ment bureaus Was represented at The initial conferences. which We're held tt decide under which bureau the case would come. After extended discus | sion it was finally agreed that :hs matter was property under the juris- diction of the Commission of Foreign ervision of the Chacka. The name oi the latter committee translated int English means wrestling committed and it's primary office is to suppress
 the counter revolutionary and othel law breaking clements It is .he high est power in the land and actually constitutes n branch of the army, witf the entire armed service under 1t. command. The committee is com.
 posed of officials and is presided over by an army general. The meet
 ings on Capt. Gudmundson's protes
 occupied three days before a decision
 was reached. Capt. Gudmundson wa. required to give every detail regardin.
 his business and was repeatedly ex
 amined as to his dealings with ths
 people of KolNma. Gudmundson dis
 played all his papers and explained tht
 guarantee given by the Anadyr Sovie
 Committee to the Nome Chamber o
 Commerce regarding sending relic
 ship to the North Siberian coast. Or the last day of the conference, thu
 mail arrived from Sredni-Kolym:
 beawing a letter from the governmen
 officials of the Kolyma distric. urgins
 upon the Yakutsk authorities to Urea