Younss Arctic
Explorer To
Studv Alaska
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On the archeological trail of
the ancient E-kimo, Capt. Willie
Knutsen, 29-year-old Norwegian
American scientist who has spent
the past ten years .studying prim
itive people; in Africa and the
Fa- North arrived :n Juneau re
cently.
The youthful explorer, whose
brilliant research won him the
Roald Amundsen Scholarship for
Polar Research, granted annually
by the Norwegian government, in
1936, hopes to study Alaskan Es
kimos this winter in the Interior.
Knutsen's biography zig-zags
around and up and down the
world, starting in Brooklyn,
where he was born. He was tak
en to Norway when a child and
grew up there, studying in Nor
wegian universities and later in
England. In 1932, his interest in
archaeology led him to spend
nine months in Lapland, where
he lived with the Laps and stud
ied their customs. In 1934, he
went to Africa, tramping through
the bush with the natives in the
French Senegal, painting and
sketching as he went.
Organizes Expedition
Returning from Africa, Knut
sen joined an expedition of thir
teen scientists under the sponsor
ship of several Norwegian insti
tutes and museums to explore
east of Perryland on the eastern
shore of Greeland. Their vessel,
the small steamer Quest, pre
viously had been used by the
English explorer, Sir Ernest
Shackleton, on his South Pole ex
peditions.
Aside from acting as chief of
the party, Knutsen sought traces
of the Eskimo tribes which once
inhabited the region believed to
be the most northernmost dwell
ing place of man. Skeletons, arti
facts and home sites of the an
cient tribes were uncovered and
quantities of hitherto unknown
scientific data were collected —
but the war brought the expedi
tion to an end.
After the German invasion of
Norway in April, 1940, Knutsen
was permitted to return to Green
land to continue his studies, be
cause ihe was an American citi
zen. Finally obliged to abandon
the expedition because of the
difficulty of obtaining supplies
Knutsen joined the United Stat
I es Coast Guard Cutter Northland
which once plied Alaskan waters
and was brought to the United
States. His expedition vessel was
taken to Norway by its crew,
where it now is interned.
Northern Lights Hit
Before the party left Green
land. however, Knutsen pointed
out that the scientists had work
ed out a method of triamgulation,
for calculating the height of the
Northern Lights—by taking si
multaneous photographs of the
nightly displays from widely sep
arated points— and the figures
accumulated now are being com
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Hunters Report
Buffalo Attack
\ear Fairbanks
Coming cose on the heels of
the fracas between a big bull
morse and Dr. H. A. Blvth's car
is another report of a similar
battle, this time between one of
the Jarvis Creek buffalos and a
car driven by Joe Reynolds, bar
bar at the Tavern Barber Shop in
Fairbanks.
Driving north after dark along
the Jarvis Creek flats, Mr. and
Mr.s Reynolds were happily talk
ing over sheep hunting experienc
es in the Black Rapids country
when the buffalo, entirely unan
nounced, lunged out of the dark
ness against the car.
Damaged Car
Reynold's on the driver’s side
of the car, got just a glimpse of
, the huge animal before it struck
: the right front fender, knocking
off one praking light, caving in
the fender, denting the door
and sliding off the rear fender.
After stopping the C3r, Rey
nolds got out gun and flashlight,
but the beast was at a safe dis
tance down the road. Reynolds
was not of a mind to go back and
I compare license numbers, but
was content to pick some hide
; and hair off the door handle as
a souvenir.
It begins to look like hunters
in the Interior will have to be
convoyed for protection agEiinst
the huntted.
Consumption Of
Crude Oil Higher
WASHINGTON —The October
I demand for domestic crude oil i
| was estimated by hte Bureau of
Mines in Washington at 124,000.
000 barrels. The figure was al-!
most 60,000 barrels higher than'
J the estimated daily demand fori
, September. It was 11 percent
above the actual demand for Oc- j
tober of last year. j
At the same time, the Bureau1
! estimated crude oil exports for
October at 4,200,000 barrels, com \
pared to 5,269,000 export barrels
during October of last year.
Now is the time to look over
your job printing needs for the
spring and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
prices on same.
piled in Washington, D. C. An
other scientist in the party de
voted his time to the study of \
cosmic rays. Notes and photo
graphs of the expedition were
published in the September edi-'
tion of the National Geographic
Magazine this year.
Knutsen married Miss Alice
Coen, a niece of Delegate An-'
thony J. Dimond, Alasba's repre
sentatives in Congress last Jan- i
uary. Mrs. Knutsen remained at j
their home in Rhode Island when
I her husband left for Alaska.
Property Must Be
Mac e Known By
Aliens In North
Forms to be used for the cen
sus of foreign-owned property in
Alaska subject to the juriscl eiio i
of the United States' are now
available for distribution to the
public from the office' of Gover
nor Ernest Gruening. This cen
sus is being taken pursuant to
the recent freezing rtiers and
will furnish the most corn prehen
sive and accurate picture of all *
foreign-owned property in the I
United States.
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Cigarette in Bed
Sets ^oman Afire
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SANTA ANA. Calif.—The wife
of Screen Actor Ricardo Cortez,
Mrs. Christine Conic Lee Cortez,
is in a Santa Ana hospital suffer j
ing from severe burns caused by j
a fire at her vacation cottage at,
Lagunda Beaah.
Mrs. Cortez, who is socially.
prominent in Beverly Hills and,
the East .said she had fallen i
asleep while smoking a cigarette i
in bed. She was awakened by
flames which enveloped the bod;
clothing.
Mrs. Cortez was burned from
head to foot. Hospital attendants
said her conditions was critical.
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MINERS AND OPERATORS
Vou can obtain at the Nugget
Office the following forms which
are carried in stock, thus avoid
ing long delays and incomplete
blanks obtained in the Slates
iVrite or call at the Nugget Of- :
Bee for:
Lode Location Notices.
Time Sheets for Employees
Placer Location Notices.
Proofs of Labor Banks.
Dredge Shift Reports—2 types.
Prospecting Drill Field Logs.
Deed Forms.
Voucher Forms.
Special Power of Attorney
tslanks.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
The*, unique and humorous,
and typical Alaskan stationery—
“Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have beei
brought strictly uptodate, and art
now available at the Nugget offl
ce
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CANADIANS FOR LANDING PARTIES AT SPITZBERGEN ISLAND
Canadian soldiers, units of an expeditionary force of Briitsh Canadians and Norwegians who occu
pied coal-rich Spitzbergen Island, leave their unidentified troop ship in boats to make an unresist
ed ladning. London sources revealed later that Royal Engineers crippled facilities in coal ports to
prvent fuel from falling into German hands. Picture cabled from London to New York.
STREET PREPARE> FOR DEFENSE
..
Defense preparation on a street in Odessa, aecortl ig to Russian siurces. This photo sent from Mos
J cow by ratlio.
RED CROSS NURSES TEL', OF SHIP TORPEDOING
Safe at the navay hospital at Norfolk, Va., four American Red Cross nurses told of their drama ie
experience in spending 12 days in an open boat in he North Atlantic after their ship was torpedc el
some 400 miles oil the coast of Greenland bile en route to Great Britain. Left to right: (in wheel
chaifs), Lillian M. Pesnicak, Albany, N. Y.; Marion Blissett, Detroit; Rachael St. Pierre, Boston;
Victoria Pelo, Auburn, N. Y. Standing is Miss Mary Beard, directcr of the Red Cross nursing service
TWO AMERICAN SHI S REPORTED SUNK
I wo American-owned or operated ships were sunk in war action. The Sessa (top) acquired from the
Danish government and placed under Panamanian registry, but operated by American firm, was re
ported sunk by a torpedo .100 miles southwest of Iceland. Reports indicated there were only three
survivors. The Steel Seafarer, (bottom), 5,719 gross tons, operated by the Isthmian line and built in
19J1 at Kearny, N. J., was reported sunk in the Red Sea by bombs from an unidentified airplane.
The crew was saved.
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it The Nome Nugget
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