PRIEST BEATS DEATH IN
LONG TREK OVER ICE
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How the Rev. Father Bernard
R. Hubbard, internationally
known as the “Glacier Priest,”
battled death in many forms
during a lone mush over 1,600
miles of Alaska’s worst winter
trails, was told recently in one
of Seattle’s daily papers, from
cables sent out from Holy Cross
on the Yukon. Father Hubbard
was recuperating there after his
thrilling adventure.
The message from Holy Cross
was the first news ‘of the noted
Priest since the middle of Feb
i nary.
Raced With Thaw
His face blackened and cracked
by exposure until he was hard
ly recognized, Father Hubbard
stumbled into Holy Cross, win
ner by but a few days in a ter
rific race against the spring
thaw, which would have made
the trails impassable and ma
rooned him in the Arctic wastes
to die.
Hardly able to realize his vic
tory over death, the priest, sob
bing, clasped his faithful dogs
and submitted to the tender
ministrations of the residents of
the little town. Many of the
seasoned,* « old-time AHaskans
marveled at his hardihood.
On special leave of one year
from Santa Clara University,
California, Father Hubbard left
Seattle last January on his fifth
annual trip of exploration in
Alaska. His special purpose was
lo make motion pictures of
primitive life among the natives
and depict the hardships of the
missionaries in the Northern
Territory.
Through all the Terrible ex
perience on the long mush, he
managed to preserve his pre
•ious pictures and arrived in
Holy Cross with 20,000 feet of
film.
For most of the 1,600 miles,
Father Hubbard was forced to
mush ahead of his dogs, fight
ing his way through storms
blown over Bering Sea, and of
ten caught out in the open tun-,
dra in subzero weather at night
while blizzards howled.
From Nulato the daring priest
mushed on over Kaltag portage
to Unalakleet, filming the Eski
mos in the sealhunts and in
such primitive pursuits as mak
ing fire by friction and fishing
through the ice.
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