Word: reindeers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Shishmaref south-west of Kotzebue Sound to wait for clear weather. (LINDYS LOST IN ARCTIC SEA headlined the catchpenny New York Evening Graphic.) Several hours later they reached Nome, put their ship down on Safety Bay, 21 mi. away, instead of in the Nome River. There they dined on reindeer meat with Territorial Senator Alfred Julian Lomen; witnessed an Eskimo "wolf dance," performed for the second time in 20 years; heard oldtime wireless operators pay tribute to Mrs. Lindbergh as "a good ham [amateur operator]. Her signals were clear and nice." Colonel Lindbergh announced casually that from the Orient...
...Siberian village to which he was assigned was 7,300 miles distant. Guarded by a Cossack, he made the trip by rail, on foot, aboard barges, by horse-team, reindeer, dogs. Zenzinov planned to escape again when he had reached his destination, the six-house village of Russkoye Ustye, but when he got there found it was too isolated, too far from everywhere. "There were no relations with the outside world. Fish was the constant food all the year round. Bread was unobtainable. Traders did not come there. . . ." He settled down in his "house" (six feet by six), prepared...
Zenzinov left Verkhoyansk by reindeer sled in a last attempt to escape; had it not been for the alcohol he carried with him he might have succeeded. Encamped one night with a Chukchi herder Zenzinov foolishly gave him some alcohol to drink. The Chukchi liked it so much he kept Zenzinov a prisoner until a Russian trader came along, rescued him. By that time the authorities had their eye on Zenzinov again; he gave up hope, served out his term...
...Norwegian Elkhound Association, informed President Hoover that he had something for him, was received at the White House. Norwegian elkhounds are scarce in U. S., common in northern Europe. Originating in Scandinavia, they were companions to the Vikings. They are used to hunt elk, bear, wolf, to herd reindeer, to draw carts and sledges as do the Eskimo dogs which they resemble. A full grown Norwegian elkhound weighs about 50 lb., stands 19 in. high, has a large square head, strong stocky body. The Hoover Elkhound will receive what ever name Granddaughter Peggy Anne Hoover thinks best...
...Reported a Stockholm correspondent: "Flocks of reindeer often meet trains in the northern districts. The train personnel carries knives to kill the injured deer...