Show find unknown river in in northern alaska interesting letter tells life in far north D C vie story of in an explorers life in ili the northern alaskan alu aan wilderness and tile ilie of uncharted st reanis Is contained in a litter letter brought biou glit back to civilization by bi an from the illogical geological survey party headed ly by dr philip S an and waide public by the lie interior ile de parti pertinent nent the expedition is exploring naval annl petroleum reserve no ko 4 in ili exploring the colville river tile letter written mareb 30 states that doctor smith found ft a river about yards quills wide ido which hichi flows westward and then turns northward the party plans to continue the river explorations but they must reach the coast in time thile to catch the bast ship out of the arctic ocean before the september freeze find grove of willows the party lins lifis established a n base crimp nt at the biond of 0 the Una kerak river iler about ton miles from the divida between tile lie and colville rivers nt at latitude nt at nn an altitude of 2200 feet on tills this divide the party lins has discovered descos discos acied groves of willow trees us as large its a mans wrist which they me lire using for fuel the letter explained that lint the hie supporting up party of seven men and dos dols tinned buck back on march 10 16 nin nil tile ninin main exil expedition edition was proceeding with etli three sleds and thirty three dogs the sleds soon will be 10 abandoned and the lie journey continued in canoes on tile colville river tile letter which ans ns written by dr J 13 I 1 keitie artle jr gives tile the following description during dining the summer I 1 hove been engaged cli chiefly lefly in making astronomical observations with the transit I 1 have seven good observations on antl tilde anti glicck one another very cry well able to find the time liming my iny I 1 also lenva MO local time thile from froin tran transita transits sits ot of the sun sim and aliat liat with etli wa batche vat clies tche tin and their known ratings we c tire arc in ili it to ninke it fair of langl tulle tude I 1 ill am also able to inac lie our watches froin successive sin colio tran transita transits sits of tile sun lay day lit at tills such diversion dhen slon heeps tile me very ory busy and nil tile dios pos very quickly onee in a while alle say sai once a day when it gets too cold sitting in the tent I 1 warm warin up by clit cutting ting wood for a halt half hour or nn nil hour all of us its me are well hell none of us its have hao boon been seriously frostbitten yet act anti and I 1 think the most so vore M re weather benthel of the v vinter inter li ia past now so all in ili all en grything ery thing Is going and the lie success of ili alic expedition deenis assured just tell that to tile the doubters doub tois 11 |