The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
ARCTIC STORM
LIFTS; Indy
TO HOP SOON
Flying Couple Forced to
Await Better Weather
at AkIavik.
ENJOY VISIT IN VILLAGE
Course May Be Changed
and Direct Flight Made
to Nome.

bB bntted Press
AkLAVIK, Northwest Territory
aug. 7 (via Royal Canadian radio
TO Edmonton, Alberta The bar
rier of fog and cloud which has held
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in this
trading post for two days began to
Aft today, giving the flier and his
wife hope that they might resume
their aerial vacation journey to the
Orient within few hours
Lindbergh's monoplane, resting on
lts pontoons in the muddy Macken-
zie river, was made ready for pos
sible takeoff at p. m. mountain
time.
Although anxious to be on the
wing again, the flying colonel was
enjoying his visit immensely, as
was Mrs. Lindbergh. The soiourn,
already extended we'll beyond
schedule. has provided the pub
licity-shy Lindbergh one of his few
opportunities to live naturally since
he made the first nonstop fight
from New York to Paris in 1927.
Even here in the sparsely popu-
lated region inside the Arctic circle,
Lindbergh could not escape entire
ly from worshiping crowds, but
the adulation of the solemn-faced
Eskimos and Indians was different
from any he had known before and
his frequent smiles and easy man
ner indicated he enjoyed the
change.
Stay in Manse
The Lindberghs remained quar-
tered in the rough, log constructed
Presbyterian manse with DIR. j. A.
Urguhart, governmental medical
officer, and Mrs. Urguhart, as their
hosts.
Late Thursday night Colonel
Lindbergh announced he was un-
decided on what route they would
follow on the next leg of the flight
Rnd did not know just when they
would leave.
Latest radio reports indicated it.
would be impossible for the United
States coast guard cutter .Northland
to reach Point Barrow, where it
was scheduled to meet the Lind
berghs and supply their ship with
gasoline.
Because of the inability of the
Northland to proceed through the
fog off the west Alaskan coast,
\ YHY,dbarul coi6 ~ t,,oe v1,0t@o I1Io that
instead of flying from here to Point
Barrow, $50 miles west and north,
then south to Nome, he and Mrs.
Lindbergh would fly directly south
west over central Alaska to Nome.
This change would substitute one
fight of about $50 miles for two of
$50 miles each.
Ready to Leave
Lindbergh said they were ready
to leave any minute that the wealth
er cleared. Their monoplane had
been overhauled and refueled since
they landed.
In an interview Thursday, Col
onel Lindbergh expressed an opinion
that the Mackenzie river route was
the most feasible air route to the
Orient as i tafforded both refueling
stations and good accommodations.
The route he outlined would pass
over Edmonton and up the regu-
lar air mail line to Aklavik, thence
across central Alaska.
1t would be considerably out of
the way of the route usually fol-
lowed by aviators going from Siberia
to the States, but IIindbergh ex-
pressed an opinion it would be
safer.
Many Good Landing Places
Speaking of the trip they made
over the wild wastes between Baker
Lake and Aklavik, Lindbergh said
they followed the Arctic coast the
greater part of the way and ex-
perienced little difficulty with fog,
although it was visible to the west.
They passed just south of Pierce
Point.
There were few times, he said,
when good landing places in lakes
or rivers we're not in sight