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currents and ice jams in 1906 by skippering the 70-foot schooner Gjoa from east to west. American ships didn’t succeed until 1957. Led by the Canadian icebreaker Labrador, three United States Coast Guard cutters fought from west to' east, passing through narrow Bellot Strait bordering Boothia Peninsula,, North America’s northernmost mainland.
Roadsides Get
Spring Cleaning
Springtime in Virginia means budding and flowering all over the landscape. It also means spring cleaning for thousands of housewives - and thousands of Virginia Department of Highways personnel.
Maintenance workers with the Highway Department are doing a lot of the clean up-paint up-fix up chores associated with the home. But they’ll be doing most of their work out in that budding and flowering landscape.
In addition to appearance, the cleanup program also serves the function of preventive maintenance. Washing or clear-coating a sign, for example, may improve its looks and readability, but it also extends the sign’s usable life.
Maintenance engineer John M. Wray Jr. has instructed that emphasis is to be put on the safety activity of machining
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