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Show Arctic Weather Hampers Search for Lost Fliers FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 17 U'.P) An arctic storm north of Point Barrow threatened today to hamper the search for six Russian fliers missing: since Friday Fri-day on a trans-polar hop from Moscow. The weather bureau said a low pressure area above Point Barrow Bar-row indicated unfavorable conditions con-ditions for several days. Rain and a low ceiling of clouds here and an overcast sky at Point Barrow made the outlook dismal. The U. S. coast guard cutter Northland, from Wainwright, reported re-ported an unusual amount of ice near Point Barrow, which' would make forced landing for planes doubly hazardous. The Northland was having difficulty breaking her way through to Point Barrow. Bar-row. ! An emergency airway was routed across the Arctic Circle, however, for American and Canadian Can-adian fliers searching for the lost Russia plane. |