Word: shores
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Verville* left from Selwood Bay in his 45-ft. motored schooner Dora. With him were Alex ("Sandy") Austin, 21, and some Husky dogs. To get to Melville Island the party had to skirt the westerly shore of Banks Island, the westernmost of the stupendous archipelago which clutters the Arctic north of Canada. Off Banks Island an ice floe struck the Dora, shoved her completely over an uncharted islet, cracked her beyond repair. The two men managed to reach big Banks Island with sledges & dogs, proceeded northward, sheltering themselves in snow-block houses, cooking only one meal a day, at other...
When they reached the north shore of Banks Island, it was still summer, with eight hours of daylight. Said Nap Verville last week: "There's grass there and flowers that look like little daisies, some yellow and some white. There are willows there, too. I don't suppose that is their real name, but I call them underground willows. They only grow about an inch high and then turn back under ground and run along for several feet and come up again...
...left the chill of autumn in the air. Summer is alive in his mind but the Vagabond turns a speculative eye on the orchards where the russet apples are growing ripe. Over the moors by the sea the gulls are still crying, but the sandpiper is gone from the shore. The sea-weed sways among the brown rocks, and the sun goes down in purple...
Some North Shore socialites ran a $100,000 sweepstakes on the race for the benefit of a children's hospital, with $50,000 in prizes...
...Drift ice punctured a pontoon. Radioman Gerald Altfilisch sent out SOS calls and their position, soon received a reply from Angmagsalik that the Scotch trawler Lord Talbot would rescue them within two hours. Breaking waves quickly put the set out of commission. Pilot Hutchinson taxied the crippled ship to shore where the family and crew salvaged what they could before it turned turtle and sank in shallow water...