Farthest North Club

OUR VERY SMALL guest book didn't get much wear and tear this summer, but we did find use for it on two occasions.

Bob Jones '3B, while on a tour of the principal cities of Alaska, spent two days in Fairbanks and gave us a first hand slant on the present undergraduate Dartmouth.

Link Washburn '35 and Tahoe (Mrs. Link to you) spent two weeks here while en route to Aklavik at the mouth of the Mackenzie River in far northwest Canada, whence they intended to catch a boat for the long trek upstream to railhead. By prearrangement Link joined up here with Brad Washburn of the Harvard faculty and National Geographic Society. Under the auspices of this society they gave Mt. McKinley its first thorough dose of aerial photography and mapping (flying done byPacific Alaska Airways—adv.) the results of which will probably appear in a later issue of the National Geographic magazine. This flying was done at altitudes of 20,000 ft. or more. When I asked Link what his job was he replied, "You've heard how they let little birds in cages down into mine shafts; and if the bird doesn't pass out, then the men go down. Well, they sat me up in one corner of the plane, and when I flopped over, Brad and the pilot and radio operator would know it was time for them to use a little more oxygen." It's my opinion that Link was trying to be modest; for I know he has been Brad Washburn's right-hand man on previous expeditions.

Of our regular members, Larry Worth 'gg moved on to Nome for the summerstill in the mining game. Jack Alexander '3O, after spending part of the winter Outside, is back on the job as one of the U. S. Smelting Co.'s young engineers here in Fairbanks. It is reported that Jack's interest in this locality is not entirely in mining; and that she has red hair.

They are turning out more gold than ever up here this year; so there will be plenty for those little gold footballs for Coach Blaik's team this fall.