This being the ship's log of the Jeschien-Winn Arctic expedition of 1936, 1936.

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This being the ship's log of the Jeschien-Winn Arctic expedition of 1936, 1936.

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Barbara Winn's diary of trip on the North Star from Juneau to Point Barrow in August and September, 1936 with her friend Louise Jeschien [or Jeschion]. Includes village descriptions of: Hoonah, Yakutat, Cordova, Tatlikelek [Tatitlek], Valdez, Chanega [Chenega], Seward, Sand Point, Elim, Nome, Teller, Cape Prince of Wales, Kotzebue, Kivalina, Wainwright, Barrow, Golovin, St. Michael, Unalakleet, Shaktolik [Shaktoolik], Point Lay, Point Hope, Cape Thompson, and Eklutna. She escorted students from Eklutna Industrial School on the trip back to Anchorage to pay her fare.

1 v. : typescript and holograph.

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Winn, Barbara

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Barbara L. Winn, born in Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 9, 1916, took this trip on the North Star, at the age of 20. She brought the diary to the 100-year Juneau Douglas High School reunion in the summer of 2004. From the description of This being the ship's log of the Jeschien-Winn Arctic expedition of 1936, 1936. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 56359999 ...