Show cape prince of wales Is said to be the stormiest region in all the world the stormiest place in nil fill the world is said to be cape prince of wales which Is the westernmost point of alaska it is marlc I 1 by a considerable mountain mount nin 2210 feet high and fierce winds blow there perpetually storms storm from the arctic ocean assail tills this inhospitable ble region till all the year round frank ness of the government geological survey says that august 30 he found himself in the midst of deep snow on cape prince of wales with a wind blowing so hard that he had to get behind a rock to avoid being blown into the sea the weather went lier for the moment was clear and he be could see tile the coast of siberia across bering strait 40 miles away here anil and there were rocks that flint bore curious masses of snow crystals which stood out horizontally having been thrown and compacted by wind nond it was IA bitter tier cold but down below were vas vast fields of beautiful forget me nots bots on the south side of the mountain sir ness hess says that he came across ek eskimo imo dwell dwellings ug 1 igloos gloos I dug underground der ground and walled and roofed with tim timbers bens Is no 0 trees prow grow in that region but the natives of fur far northern alaska have always a plentiful supply of driftwood carried from the yukon river by tin an ocean ocean current that skirts UK the coast the underground igloos constructed to escape the storm and wlad wind were vere so built as is to form connecting rooms wiell communicating doors that were mere holes through gli which the occupants mere obliged to crawl on hands find and kinces fences the only ventilation was afforded by the vertebrae of a whale which served ns as an thrust up through the roof |