The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-04
DAMAGED NORTH STAR ARRIVES FROM BARROW
Vessel Encounters Almost Continuous Gales South
 bound, Nome-Seward

Reporting almost continuous gales experienced after leaving Nome on October 25 until arriving at Seward a week ago, Capt s. T. L. Whitlam brought the motorship North Star, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, into Juneau and tied up at the City Dock at 4:45 o'clock this morning
 Delayed nearly week on her northbound voyage to Point Barrow by the necessity of returning to Nome from Kotzebue to pick up for ty tons of supplies for destitute na- tives along the Arctic Coast east of Barrow, the North Star was nearly caught in the ice pack at her Arctic destination, and besides having her propeller bent by a chunk of ice lodging against the wheel, was delayed there another seven days in unloading.
 Runs from Ice
 Because of the steady northwest breeze blowing the ice pack close to the shoreline, Capt. Whitlam was unable to lay off the Barrow village overnight and was forced each even- ing to run nearly ten miles past the point for shelter, in case the winds velocity should increase. The con- stant running to and fro around the point considerably slowed the unloading of stores at Point Bar row.
 Left Seattle August 8
 Leaving Seattle on August 8, and making all Southeast and Southwest Alaska points, the North Star ar rived at Dutch Harbor about Aug ust Is, and at St. Michel on the 23d. After stopping at Unalakleet, Shak- tolik and Golovan, the North Star reached Nome on August 28. Un- loading teachers and school sup- plies at all points.
 Sailing from Nome, the motorship called northbound at Teller, and Wales, and Kotzebue Sound points, arriving at Kotzebue on September l. Returning from Kotzebue to Nome and then retracing it's jour- ney north, the vessel continued to Kivalina, Point Hope, Wainwright and finally arrived at Point Bar row. Although the weather was calm throughout the. northbound voyage, adverse winds slowed the passage.
 At Barrow the winds held the ice pack so close to the shore that the North Star for a long stretch ran with only foot of water under her keel Although the normal speed of the vessel is twelve and one- half knots, the damage to the pro- pellor at Barrow, slowed her to seven knots for the homebound voyage.
 Picks Up Passengers
 At Barrow. the North Star picked up Dr. and Mrs. H. w. Griest and T. L. Vanderwater, radio operator there who was relieved by Stanley Morgan, and group of Eskimo girls for the Eklutna Vocational School, some of whom were sent there by plane from Vigalina under charge of Miss Barbara Winn oi Juneau.
 After making calls at Wainwright Point Lay, and Point Hope, the shir arrived at Kivalina, where she lay eight days, loading and freezing 1,200 reindeer carcasses brought 1T by the natives. Three hundred more reindeer were taken on al Buckland, from where the vessel proceeded to Shishmaref, Teller and arrived back at Nome about the middle of October.
 King Islanders Aboard From Nome, the North Star car ried ITS King Island natives back so their Island, and from there headed north again to the Little Diomede, from where she went tc Tin City and loaded another three hundred reindeer carcasses before returning to Nome again on the 28th of October.
 Calling at Solomon first, the North