Teller, Alaska

Poster for the film Eskimo (1933)

I'm reading Glacier Pilot by Beth Day about pioneer airplane pilot Bob Reeve. In 1933 he flies a family out to Nome, Alaska. While there he picks up some work scouting for polar bears for an outfit making the movie Eskimo (page 37). The film crew is encamped in Teller, Alaska, about 50 miles northwest of Nome. It's not much of a place now, but during the booms years it boasted a population of 5,000.

Airship Norge

Teller was the terminus of the first cross polar flight in 1926 by the airship Norge. The Russians made the first cross polar flight by airplane in 1937.

Norge Airship voyage over the North Pole