The story of a fur trading vessel that wintered over at North Cape near the Bering Straits among Chukchi Eskimos, together with an account of the rescue attempt by air of Carl Ben Eielson, founder of Alaskan Airlines. In 1929, Eielson died alongside his mechanic Earl Borland in an air crash while attempting to evacuate furs and personnel from the Nanuk , then trapped at North Cape.
Icebound in the Siberian Arctic: The Story of the Last Cruise of the Fur Schooner
Gleason, Robert J. Nanuk and the International Search for Famous Arctic Pilot Carl Ben Eielson . Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., 1982.
- 1928-29 Soviet Trading Voyage in Northwest Passage (aboard Nanuk).
- Arctic Reading: Russia
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Icebound in the Siberian Arctic: The Story of the Last Cruise of the Fur Schooner Nanuk and the International Search for Famous Arctic Pilot Carl Ben Eielson.
Gleason, Robert J. Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., 1982.
- 1929 Siberian Journey by Robert Gleason (aboard Nanuk).
- Arctic Reading: United States
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A fur trader who wintered over at North Cape when his ship was iced in near the Bering Straits tried to rescue Eielson who died in a Siberian air crash while delivering furs to Chukchi Eskimos in 1929.