Burton Island (AGB 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 E15 November 1954 ' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 ' ' The following men either wrote articles directly for the cruise book or wrote articles for some other purpose that in- Q directly found their way into the cruise book. a Dr. WELQ Tressler - Dealy Island E E Dr. W.M. Cameron - Scientific Work a r Lt. J.A. Jandrall - Northwest Passage History Lt. R.F. Gobar CMCJ - Arctic Wildlife JQDQ ' , K . Lt, W. Detrick - cruise book layout t The cruise book would have been impossible from the be- - ,-.,., ginning without the assistance of two groups.. ., Pacific Fleet combat camera Group cUt111ty squadron sevenb ,A BURTON ISLAND photographers, past and present y Thanks are also due the supply office personnel, who helped keep the finances straight, ,' ' 1 y H.C.Carr, Editor

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fr, 1954, by The New York Times Company. ' ' Eqggmigcggg-gig? SATURDAY, AUGUST -28, 1954. 1 rimegdsgm-Lfygaggggasglofk Y. Uf S. Ships Sail Northwest Passage, I cebreakers Navigate ' QQ 5 'A Kay McClure Strait ,,,. , ,, ' t i ' forFnsf1vme aaaaaaeaaaaaaaaii AAA AA AAAAAAAAAAAA gafaefi gii AA aaesagaaraeearaeeaat ibgaeusea ant 1 Waiel'S of By ELIE ABEL ,ggi gzl: ,151 .':f:f:2 szifgqiggigzggg f4f-2 r1'f: Q Q, is 1-1: ' and lhe Pacific. Special to The New York Times. I 9? CANA A I' 15:25. made it while conducting WASHINGTON, AUS- 27-Two' IQAAWD 3 ue! survey of the strategic region. United States icebreakers have' b Zii S' Q forged the final, stubborn link in BANKJI. - 11, H 5 fifll 5 Q' ' '11,ul,, tho NorthWoStPaSSago across the :1.A.A -121 2 1f-- -'v1: 2 fs :,:.4. ..... at i L 5 V' K5'v ' W' Cciicdicii Arctic- 1 :: Zfll :,.1.U DEV fn? ' i The goal Of a Short, navigable . :AA 1 :': 1 1 1:: i Water route between the Atlantic ': 1:1 V223 -:,:1:.:1 fezlf ':'W om 1 and thc Pacific has iiiicfi and 4 ----ta i i ' 'iii 'E Q 'i 5 ' mcckcd cxpicccfs for fivc ccii' ct ' 5-lv' 'l:iZ ,lr . tunes' It Was iii Search of this X ' Q iif f'i: i , Q iiiiii Strait of Aman that Henry X, 'W iii' 'zil : :.z,: ..,.,.,., HUCISOII, Martin Frobisher and Qcbcx ' c U' iii, .,.,::::::,:::1:::::: other navigators sailed into the lxxxx Vqz' QL '1 t': 2 g 1'1- Arctic, where they discovered. C '2Qf-- -P U inudson Bay and Frobisher sound, - , 'Q 5 ,.,1 :,, I but failed to reach the Sea of C. A 1,1 ID5 N i the Wcstf' r,:i 22?2Qei15:ti.ii ': '4 --a- ' 0 Although the Canadian ice- J V V1,11 ...r:.V..,..,.1. ' ....,.... r.......- ,. cg -.4:-..1-.-..1-1-.,:r:,. . . -.-,..........,...,.1.1.1.1.-,f .1 breaker St. Roch made the pas- Tholtew York Timer ' Au:.28.1954 sage in 1941 and again in 1944, McClure Strait, through which ships passed Ccross on map! it went through Prince of Wales . Strait on the southern 'side of land and the Coast Guard ice-lveyg in the Beaufort Sea, and i Banks Island, avoiding McClure breaker Northwind, the Navy De- McClure Strait. ' ' ---W----rf K Strait, which geographers regard partment announced today. The Burton Island, whose skip- NAVY ICEBREAKER BURTON 'SLANDU ON 'Ts Ancnc Pnabmn as the western entrance to the' The ships are on' a joint Cana- per is Comdr. Everett A. Tiickey Northwest Passage. dian - United States- expedition of Arlington, Va., smashed McClure Strait was conquered carrying scientists of both coun- through the middle of McClure for the first time this month by tries, who are conducting hydro- ' +4-' - the navy icebreaker Burton Is- graphic and oceanographic sur- Continued on P1150 3,C0ll1ll1ll7 I . r' UEN ew trim' CL P-SSW X L QE Cpfl' WON orit- SERVRON L msv PITCH N9 f CGX NPV A o7 1 X r.,. 1 N u , .,u-55, GCP-N9 c . , A N09 A I 1 1 n MN - QCLT 9589 A . fm... ciiicp ,non xstrrii I BU A6106 P I x XN GOV V ' NATC 5 Pe SF-VN 9552 y-119 info: 5 59 EQBS A 1 on HP' QXON Acti- EQXTX 'UC I WCP roar SEP' dp E or wyoiiii has we uoaiti 1 C AU UVB E F or BE 1C CP' QF 'W paooaiss ,L we views we mxm,S xurttesx new QHAPTER To one 5 D GLOPXXOU ,renew new-' ...atv- trii N05 A X Ivy Rendezvous: Icebound McClure Strait, in the Canzldiun Arct 9,1 GP-- Q ognized by geogruphers as the western entrance of the Northwest P2 W N which lured and mocked explorers for five centuries, has been truv ' Where nuvigators like Henry Hudson and Martin Frobisher failed, Dr-Ti '11 QA My