Word: dogteam
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...southwest), weekly between Fairbanks and Nome, monthly between Fairbanks and Wiseman (above the Arctic Circle), weekly between Fairbanks, Fort Yukon & Dawson (Yukon). Compared to domestic U. S. airways, Alaskan fares are high ($200 between Fairbanks & Nome). But they are much cheaper than the only other means of winter travel-dogteam. The Fair-banks-Nome flight takes from 4½ to 6 hr. By dogteam the trip may take from 4½ to 6 weeks, costs about $400 exclusive of roadhouse bills...
...least one element in the Far North the airplane is regarded with strong disfavor: the big dogteam operators, who have been put nearly out of business. The dogteams first began to suffer when the airplane companies gained a toehold on the passenger and express business; but they still had the mail. Finally this year the air services were permitted to bid for the mail and two companies, Alaskan Airways and Pacific International Airways,* won all the contracts...
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