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NOME ALASKA AUG 31-SEPT 4 1923

V STEFANSON C227

640+10. AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 156 ST AND BWAY NEW YORK NY

ARRIVAL LAST NIGHT WEDNESDAY BLACKJACK ONLY SURVIVOR STOP BURIED KNIGHT
AUGUST TWENTIETH STOP CRAWFORD GALLI MAURER LEFT WRANGELL JANUARY TWENTY
EIGHTH NINETEEN TWENTY THREE STOP BELIEVE ENTIRE PARTY PERISHED YOU
NOTIFY RELATIVES OF BOYS AS YOU THINK BEST STOP HAVE LEFT COLONY OF TWO
ESKIMO FAMILIES TWO UNMARRIED ESKIMO MEN IN CHARGE OF WELLS STOP EQUIPPED
PARTY FOR TWO YEARS SOJOURN STOP GAME CONDITIONS WRANGELL APPARENTLY
EXCELLENT STOP FAILURE OF LAST EXPEDITION DUE TO COMBINATION POOR EQUIP-
MENT AND INEXPERIENCE

HAROLD NOICE

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