The Nome nugget., 1926-08-28
GtOI.HiIST RETIRING
 AFTER MAPPING NORTH

Dr. Philip < smith chief Alas kan geolosist. and toposrapli eapiu ecr, Gerald FitAi efatd. of lLe Alas kan hraneh Of the . Gie, laeie.il
 survey, and two other members
 [ the party. namely Walter Eln
 lstnship and Fred Clark. heti, u!,i
 inc sourdoushs nave Ie#tZeonl- ! eieioi the exploring and mapninr "ts T thousand square niles ut Uncle Sa;a's t"rritofy: the nature
 f the work WIS the whaling lib # the preliminary surveys nt the Navy Petroleum Survey No. i Dr smith and Fitzarrald Jeff Nc mana with two dog teams Feb. 21th
 .rroute to kotzchue via Unala lil"ot arriving at he latter place Hareh 25th Al the time of leav
 ing Nenana the Wilkin4 advauce partv under tn" leadership of Sandy smith had left there Wifh their 4noN motors.
 =N kotz,.hae ttoa party gathered 1p their two Peterborough canoes and an ontlt ot 361n pounds Mi #lfeirhled bN l.slsintos along the coast tr kitaiina, wueft the fope graphic and geological work W.t- commenced. The ircightInH autht wa9 In charge 1HanKeusMip and lark and were sent on ahead over
 ha snow trail with natives 10 q point al the h"adwaters "f h"klik river about | 5" intle+ northeast of kWaIina, aIrtr establishing T camp
 IL" irriehters returned to Kiyalina irrniup April l3'h with tales ol hardsEip endured from being 'anph1 in several hlizzaras tn which .tNernl dogs Mcr" ttuAen 10 death md their t.,nt and camp heinz blown away by heavy winds follow ted by fierce snow storms Rlanken ship was lefr on inc Koklik river to 2liard the main cache while Clark returned to kivaIina
 From kivalina to the main elehe he mapping was carried on ny the, tse of dog teams and snow shoes. crossing from the kiValina to the knkpnk rWer on to the head of the iitmega river, thrnso crossing the "" large hradwatcr streams of the hhkpowruk river thence eastward |" the main cache on the Ulutok river.
 During he mo Ill, uf May inst preceding he breakup the work Was carried on in all directions from jilA camp. reaching ont as far as was possible hy the list Of dog team On June ath canoes were launched rieh, after the breakup "nu the work was carried on down ne koklik river. The party reach. Ing The Arctic roast at Point Lay on Jun" @2nd. thence making their wav along the ice pack to Wa!uwriebt village July Ith
 From Watnwrtght the party pro caedrd up the Kuk river to its headwaters. thence the work Was carried 75 miles southeast ta the head of the Evalik river and from 'his point they mapped he Meade river watershed. Owing to extreme low water the party was forced to return again to Wainwright, arriv- ing there July eSth.
 Leaving the latter place August fst inc party proceeded north along he coast towards Point Barrow. progress being necessarily slow owing to he fact that he ice had not left the coast. Peard Bay and several large rivers emptying into the bay were mapped. Doctor smith and MT. Blankenship then re- turned to Wainwright and caught the Bureau of Education motorship Boxer northbound for Barrow. Fite- gerald and Clark carried on the work along the coast from Peard Bay to point 35 miles south of Pt. Barrow. Here they were forced to abandon further mapping activi- ties owing to the heavy seas and bad weather along the coast. Return ing to a point 25 miles east of 1 Wainwright they were forced to abandon their entire camp outfit. land with their maps. instruments