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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Noted explorer Lowell Thomas, after two weeks vacationing near Juneau, Alaska, returned from a week on the Juneau Ice Cap with the JIRP. He faced a takeoff delay due to soft snow but succeeded with jato assistance. He visited Taku Lodge with officials and plans to visit Tracy Arm before returning to New York.
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After two weeks in and near Juneau, vacationing Lowell Thomas plans to leave by Pan American Airways tomorrow for his return to New York City.
The noted global explorer and news commentator returned Saturday from a week on the Juneau Ice Cap with members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project (JIRP), which is sponsored by the American Geographical Society of New York.
He and his cameraman, John Roberts were flown back here early Saturday morning aboard the ski-equipped C-47 from Elmendorf A.F. Base which has made a number of glacier landings with personnel and supplies.
The twin-engine ski-plane had landed on the Ice Cap Friday, intending to return the same day, but sun-softened snow made the first jet-assisted take-off unsuccessful. At dawn Saturday, a B-17 dropped a supply of jato bottles by parachute, and the take-off was accomplished shortly before 7 a.m.
Thomas said, "The whole trip was a great surprise-even more thrilling and exciting than I had expected. Then yesterday, we went to Taku Lodge, a completely delightful resort."
Thomas and Roberts went to the lodge yesterday by Alaska Coastal Airlines in a party which included Gov. Ernest Gruening, George T. Armitage, former secretary of the Hawaii Tourist Bureau, and Fred Dunn, Pan American World Airways traffic manager. They returned early this morning.
The two visitors were bound for Tracy Arm today.
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Juneau, Alaska; Juneau Ice Cap; Taku Lodge; Tracy Arm
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Lowell Thomas and cameraman John Roberts spent a week on the Juneau Ice Cap with JIRP, faced takeoff issues due to soft snow resolved with jato bottles, visited Taku Lodge with officials, and planned to go to Tracy Arm before returning to New York.