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Show HILL TOP TIMES r Travel By Dog Sled Mil Glad For This Transportation liy Clara Hisgins of ag6"!!1 of the n?ed transPrtation in this jet age, you seldom think winSSf " sled LneRadr mid-Canadi- an deSlate iiouu i oeen ior dog transportation, Jack wouldn't have They were six and one-habeen able to complete a recent hours enroute, Jack he made in the frozen arctic trip Casaid, and he was surnadian region. prised to learn that the Indian guide spoke to the Jack journeyed beyond the end of communications dogs only to stop or to except by start them. He carried a radio to determine the feasibilismall whip to use, if needty of reclaiming on site or shiped, to get them to move ping three damaged helicopters lofaster. "It was a comfortcated at three different Radar able ride all the way, and sites. These Warning airplanes quite an adventure," Mywere involved in forced landings ers said. last summer while transporting men and materials for a construc With his mission accomolished. tion company along the radar they returned to Lar Ronge and sites. from there he hitched anothov this time to Fort McMurray He flew from Salt Lake to The ride, and on to Stoney Mountain. Pas in Manitoba, Canada. This From Stoney Mountain he irot was as far as he could go bv com mercial air. From this point he a ride on a Cessna. Thev took was on his own with several hun off with capacity fuel (four and lf hour supply). Two and dred miles to go before reaching lf hours later they ran into the crash scenes and back again. a storm front. Rather than trv to fly across or through the storm, The pilot from a Bell the pilot landed on the first lake Telephone Cessna 180 he saw. In that country, a land equipped with skiis gave him a ride to Cranberry of thousands of lakes, a pilot can descend and glide to a lake almost Portage, a summer resort town accessable principally anywhere, he continued. They sat there about two hours until the by air, he said. Here he storm blew over. established his headquarters with a construction They were lucky, the from camp and hitch-hike- d told Jack. There had pilot one place to another, usbeen times when he had ually with Bell Telephone been grounded on a lake Limited light aircraft or for several days due to helicopters. storms. They always carry "My parka, sleeping bag and boots were my ticket. Jack said "One just doesn't move in that country without them." While Jack was successful in "hitching" rides to and from two of the grounded helicopters, there was no place an aircraft could land near the third one. He radioed Lar Ronge, the nearest town to the crash scene and was told that a Cessna could land on a river 4 within six or seven miles from tut the "copter" but no closer. lf survival equipment and are prepared for any emergency, he said. It is interesting country," Jack said. "The natives (predominately French Canadian and Indian) travel by dog sled in winter and by canoe in summer." "It's an intriguing picture from the air, he continued. "One can see a small trading post and dog teams and sleds moving toward the center from all directions." It was all very interesting, Jack reports, but he is happy to bo home again, lie resides at V7 Talbot Drive, in Layton, with his wife, Ruth, and two sons, Jerry, 14, and Donald, 11, TAIL PIPE one-haone-ha- ADVENTURE ARCTIC son, The Jack Myers shows his wife, Ruth, and Donald, the clothes he wore while on a TDY trip in heavy boots, and parka, along with a sleeping bag Canada. were his ticket." No one is permitted to travel by air in that country without those three items. "airplane At This Base SECUIBTY BANK FIRST HILL AIR FORCE FACILITIES South End of Cafeteria Building S-2- 30 Open 11:00 A.M. Till 4:30 P.M. Daily Monday Through Friday , And Pay Days 10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. WHOPPER TRADE came the big Then Bank ' Money Orders Checking and Savings Accounts U. S. Savings Bonds Issued and Cashed Loans: Auto Home Repairs Personal Needs I . even, r , UEB !f INSURANCE i Q em; 3" l question. get to the aircraft from that distance?" Snow shoes? Maybe but the country was pretty rugged and it would mean a longer way around. "Besides," Jack said, "being a soft old office jockey, I just wouldn't appreciate snow shoes!" However, he was not left pondering over his transportation Indian problem long for a Cree to and agreed heard of his plight come to his rescue with a team and sled. The pilot landed on the river as planned and the Indian guide, who spoke English, welcomed him aboard. 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