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Malamute Saloon, brought to fame by Rhymster Robert W. Service, still functions tamely; that igloos are seldom built of snow, but usually of driftwood and turfs; that William T. Lopp, onetime U. S. education chief for Alaska, got the Eskimos started in the reindeer industry, of which Carl Lomen is king; that there is said to be a mountain of jade in the wild hinterland; that Eskimo seamstresses wear their teeth to the gums chewing deerhide into shape; that whaling parties will travel afoot 30 miles out on the unevenly frozen ocean hunting for open leads to watch...
...just now announced from Nome that a new expedition is about to set out for Wrangel Island. This one will be headed by Carl Lomen, head of the reindeer industry of Alaska, to whom Stefansson is reported to have disposed of his interests. Lomen will bring back news of the second party left on the island...
...story of the first party, whose four men all perished, has often been told. Last year's relief expedition, headed by Harold Noice, brought back only the Eskimo woman, Ada Blackjack. It left on the island Charles Wells and 13 Eskimos. Nothing has been heard from them since, and Lomen will discover whether they have survived or whether they met the fate of the first luckless colonists. Besides this altruistic motive, Lomen has the inducement of obtaining Stefansson's share in the Wells party's fur catch. A trip to Australia prevents Stefansson from going himself...