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Display Full Album	16 mb PDF: http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/hist_img/albums/asl_p471.pdf
Collection Name	Captain S. T. L. Whitlam Collection, ca. 1930-1940. ASL-PCA-471
Identifier	ASL-P471_album
Title	U.S.M.S. NORTH STAR Scrapbook.
Description	From 1932 until 1941, when she was transferred to the Coast Guard, the NORTH STAR, sturdy service vessel of Office of Indian Affairs, sailed from Seattle to points north, making 50 stops on the outbound journey to Barrow and also stopping in St. Lawrence and the Diomedes on the return, a round-trip journey of 10,000 miles. The NORTH STAR made the news for her two voyages to Antarctica, carrying supplies for the United States Antarctic service, headed by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The scrapbook contains photographs, clippings, and correspondence
Creator	Whitlam, S.T. L.
Contributors	Crumrine, Josephine
Subject.TGM	Ship captains Ships Icebreakers Mail steamers Ship letters Logbooks Scrapbooks Clippings Discovery & exploration Subsistence activities
Subject.LCSH	Icebreakers (Ships) Matanuska Valley Colony (Alaska)
Personal Name	Bliss, Frank V. Geist, Otto W. (Otto William), 1888-1963 Allman, Jack Ickes, Harold L. Upicksoun, Arthur
Corporate Name	North Star (Ship) United States Maritime Service Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Region	Alaska
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Type	Image (Photographs) Image (Photograph albums)
Related Materials	Alaska State Library Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=%22272398823%22
Ordering & Use	http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov

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