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...which they must fly on most of their course. Followed by flying newshawks, they spent a night at Moose Factory, remote outpost at the lower tip of Hudson's Bay; flew on to Churchill, Canada's booming northern grain port; thence set out for Baker Lake and Aklavik, a route from which many a seasoned airman of the North had tried to dissuade them. From Aklavik their course lies west through Point Barrow, Nome, the tips of Siberia, the Kuril Islands and Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Flights of the Week, Aug. 10, 1931 | 8/10/1931 | See Source »

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