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Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-12 | Page 11 | Pretty Coed Finds Pleasure, Profit Studying Eskimos on Icebound Isle

Type issue
Date 1932-04-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Pretty Coed Finds Pleasure, Profit Studying Eskimos on Icebound Isle
Type article
Date 1932-04-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 11
OCR Text r Pretty Coed Finds Pleasure Profit Studying Eskimos on Icebound Isle u United Pre Press NOME Alaska April 12 When 12 When the thereal great real ice fields break up and the floes jostle ostle out toward the Bering sea next July uly a small email flotilla of ot native kayaks will vill dance across the lanes of ot freewater freewater free water vater from King island 80 miles from rom here In one of the Eskimo craft will be beMiss beMiss Miss Frances A. A Ross pretty senior at al t the University of oC Washington who vill then have spent nine months as asic the ic only white person living among Eskimo cliff dwellers on the island The adventurous girl alread already has lived on the Island island- island cut cut ut off oCt until yesterday yesterday yes yes- erday from any communication with the lie outside outside for for seven months Yesterday P Pilot Arthur Woodley o of New York and the Rev Re Francis Men ager S. S J. J superior of the Jesuit missions missions mis- mis Ions of ot Alaska returned here to re report report re- re port Miss Ross was well wen and is enjoying en- en re-I. re j her experiences Immensely The fliers brought the first airplane airplane air air- plane to King island when they landed land- land id ed there and surprisingly enough found the parka clad white girl living living living liv liv- ing alone among a primitive people whose mouths dropped open at nt sight of ot the ship Miss Ross went to King island before before be- be fore bre the up freeze-up last fall fan to study customs and manners of the cliff dwellers She intended to stay Until un unit until un- un til it the islanders sent their more adventurous adventurous ad- ad venturous hunters and leaders to Nome in July the lone annual contact contact con- con tact act with civilization afforded the tribe Her ardor had not dampened the he fliers said She refused the ofer offer of- of fer eer er o of a n ride home to Nome where her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas A. A Ross live The li m litte tie ie community of persons per per- sons sons counting counting Miss Ross Ross broke broke into cheers when the plane roared over over- head Many of ot the Eskimos had never before belore seen an airship They have t neen very cry kind to her herand herand herand and gave her valuable information for tor or her studies and research Father said The first white woman to visit King Island wi will return to Seattle next fall to complete her studies
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