Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-06-10 | Page 1 | Cutter Bear Reaches Nome

REACHES NOME Famous Vessel Breaks Way Through Ice Fields of the Far North NOME KOME Alaska a June 10 United Press The Press The cutter Bear famous adventurer boat of the United States coast guard broke its way through h the ice fields to Nome Name roadstead Tuesday night and today was retracing the same perilous course Ai The fhe Bear at aM discharging pounds of eager eagerly eager y awaited mall ma-il re returned returned returned re- re turned to to sea early Wednesday Wednesday- o to to- meet and tc toria torla of ot the the Alaska Steamship company to Nome The two vessels were scheduled to arrive today The Bears Bear's arrival was celebrated b by an enthusiastic city It was the only spring to token which NO Nome le recognizes as official And in toe Ule pounds of mall malI were Included scores of or Christmas packages One hundred and fifty miles of ice fields lying south of of Nome f forced the Bear to battle attle for every Inch of water Into Nome roadstead The passage was negotiated with no damage other than a a. few tew honorable honorable hon hon- scratches to the tile brave old ship The arrival of the Victoria will mark the opening of the summer mining minIng- season The Victoria carnez carries carries car car- ries nez passengers the majority miners Nome Kome Is planning extensive en entertainment entertainment entertainment en- en for fOI the dIe skipper of the cutter Bear Capt Captain In C. C S. S Cochran whom the north calls cans the dean of ot I Arctic navigators