Ben Eielson's Last Flight

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Collection Citation: Russian Aeronautical Collection, ACC. 2006-0034, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Four articles regarding the disappearance of Carl Ben Eileson and Earl Borland during humanitarian operations in the Chukchi sea during the winter of 1929/1930. Yuri Salnikov, "Ben Eileson's Last Flight, " -- Soviet Life -- 408 (September 1990 / No. 9), pp.46-49. (photocopy) Yuri Salnikov, "Plane Crash on an Arctic Spit," -- Soviet Life -- No .353 (February 1986 / No. 2), pp.44-45. (two photocopies). "N. D. arctic explorer Eielson featured in Soviet journal," -- The Forum -- (Fargo, ND), February 21, 1986. (two photocopies) "Soviet Life honors North Dakotan," -- Dickinson, ND Press -- , February 22, 1986. (two photocopies)