Langsdale Library
Box 164
Helen Delich Bentley (HDB)
Series III. Federal Maritime Commission
Box 164. Northwest Passage
| File Date | Long File Name | Document Type | Catalog Number |
| 9/11/1969 | Alaska's Richest Day: $900 Million | Newspaper | nw-10-1 |
| 9/15/1969 | Manhattan is Behind | News Article | nw-1-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | A Memorable Day in Alaska's History | Newspaper | nw-11-1 |
| **/**/** | The Home Stretch: Manhattan Steams Down a Chilly Victory Lane | News Article | nw-2-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | The Poorest People in the Nation: A Description of Alaska's Natives | News Article | nw-3-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Miller to Visit Manhattan During Grand Unit Tour | News Article | nw-4-1 |
| 9/17/1969 | Rep Pollock Promises Fight for Icebreaker Fleet Buildup | News Article | nw-5-1 |
| 9/21/1969 | Opening the Arctic: The Epic Voyage of the S.S. Manhattan | News Article | nw-6-1 |
| 11/30/1969 | The Manhattan Crunches on It's Path to Alaska | News Article | nw-7-1 |
| 9/23/1969 | Alaska Overrated? | News Article | nw-8-1 |
| 9/18/1969 | Alaska's New Face | News Article | nw-9-1 |
| **/**/** | Northwest Passage Will Play Big Role in Canada's Future | News Article | nw-12-1 |
| **/**/** | The Icebreaker Cometh, School Doors Closeth | News Article | nw-13-1 |
| 9/18/1969 | Canadians See Northwest Passage Problems | News Article | nw-14-1 |
| 9/17/1969 | Canadians Spur Search for Arctic Oil: Discoveries in Alaska | News Article | nw-15-1 |
| **/**/** | S.S. Manhattan Voyage: Canada in the North | Folder | nw-158-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Proposed Route to the Canadian Arctic | News Article | nw-16-1 |
| **/**/** | Department of Transportation - Canada - Communications | Report | nw-17-1 |
| 2/11/1970 | Icebreaker Utilized: Coast Guard Gathering West Alaska Water Data | News Article | nw-18-1 |
| 6/1/1970 | U.S. Coast Guard Plans for New Ice Breaker | News Article | nw-19-1 |
| **/**/** | Voyage of the Manhattan | Script | nw-101-1 |
| **/**/** | The Voyage of the Manhattan -- A Progress Report | Script | nw-106-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Helen Bentley First Woman to Trek Northwest Passage | News Article | nw-104-1 |
| 8/12/1969 | Seafaring Writer Rules the Waves | News Article | nw-109-1 |
| 11/1/1969 | Former Scholarship Winner (HDB) Takes Part in Historic Voyage | News Article | nw-129-1 |
| 8/14/1969 | New Maritime Chairman to Witness Ice-Breaking by Petroleum Steamship | News Article | nw-131-1 |
| 8/20/1969 | She'll Break Ice With 180 Men | News Article | nw-132-1 |
| **/**/** | Nixon Nominee Gets Her Way: Salty Mrs. Bentley to Break Ice | News Article | nw-133-1 |
| 8/13/1969 | One of Nixon's Ladies to Witness N.W. Passage Ice Break | News Article | nw-134-1 |
| 9/17/1969 | Icebreaker Changes Course to Avoid Polar Pack | News Article | nw-135-1 |
| 8/12/1969 | Shortage of Welders Delays SS Manhattan | News Article | nw-116-1 |
| 10/6/1969 | Young Couple Administers to Eskimo Community in Canada | News Article | nw-21-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | In Eskimo Village: Pastel House, Skid-Doo Replace Igloo & Dog Sled | News Article | nw-22-1 |
| 9/25/1969 | Around the Waterfront: by Helen Delich Bentley - Canada Held Likely Oil Port Site | News Article | nw-23-1 |
| 9/18/1969 | Stockbroker Serves as Chief Cook & Manager in Northwest Territory | News Article | nw-24-1 |
| 9/20/1969 | Around the Waterfront: by Helen Delich Bentley - Manhattan's Voyage Raises Pollution Fears in Canada | News Article | nw-25-1 |
| 9/10/1969 | Around the Waterfront: by Helen Delich Bentley - Manhattan is Merely a Model | News Article | nw-26-1 |
| 10/9/1969 | Pictorial History of Ice Breaking Tanker Manhattan (Photo's by HDB) | News Article | nw-27-1 |
| 9/15/1969 | Manhattan Conquers Northwest Passage | News Article | nw-28-1 |
| **/**/** | Manhattan | News Article | nw-29-1 |
| 9/21/1969 | Manhattan's Trip Through Ice Means Development of Arctic | News Article | nw-30-1 |
| 9/19/1969 | Manhattan Due Symbolic Oil | News Article | nw-56-1 |
| **/**/** | Humble Says Arctic Shipping Feasible but Pipelines May Have Economic Edge | Press Release | nw-156-1 |
| **/**/** | Humble News: Northwest Passage Souvenir Section | Newsletter | nw-31-1 |
| 9/29/1969 | She Did It, She Conquered the Northwest Passage | News Ad | nw-32-1 |
| **/**/** | Manhattan's Ice Parties Hard Work for Men Who Plot Ships Path in Ice | Press Release | nw-33-1 |
| 11/12/1969 | Manhattan Welcomes SS Manhattan | Press Release | nw-34-1 |
| 12/19/1968 | ESSO Fleet News: Northwest to Alaska | Press Release | nw-35-1 |
| **/**/** | Humble News: Hello Tiger, this is Blue Nose | Press Release | nw-36-1 |
| 8/7/1969 | ESSO Fleet News: A-OK for Arctic Voyage to Alaska | Press Release | nw-37-1 |
| 9/4/1969 | ESSO Fleet News: On Voyage to the Top of the World | Newsletter | nw-38-1 |
| 11/10/1969 | Voyage of Manhattan | Press Release | nw-39-1 |
| 8/11/1969 | Icebreaker S.S. Manhattan Ready for Northwest Passage Voyage | Press Release | nw-89-1 |
| 9/9/1969 | Letters From HDB to Senators and Other Colleagues from Aboard the S.S. Manhattan | Letters | nw-113-1 |
| **/**/** | Manhattan for Navy Magazine | Notes | nw-20-1 |
| 11/1/1969 | Northwest Passage: A 500 Year Dream | Folder | nw-40-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Tanker Manhattan Stuck Fast in Ice | News Article | nw-114-1 |
| 8/4/1969 | Malfunctions Delay Arctic-Bound Ship | News Article | nw-115-1 |
| 8/20/1969 | Northwest Passage Voyage Delayed Until the Weekend | News Article | nw-123-1 |
| **/**/** | Triumphant S.S. Manhattan is Welcomed | News Article | nw-136-1 |
| 9/15/1969 | Northwest Passage Claimed Feasible Route | News Article | nw-137-1 |
| 10/31/1969 | Black Gold: Stakes Are High for Merchant Marine and Nation in Northwest Passage Try | News Article | nw-145-1 |
| 2/28/1970 | The Meaning of the Manhattan | News Article | nw-155-1 |
| 9/22/1969 | Trailblazer in the Arctic: Informal Ships, Historic Mission | News Article | nw-41-1 |
| 9/1/1969 | Opening the Arctic: Big Tankers Challenge of Northwest Passage May Have Wide Impact | News Article | nw-42-1 |
| 8/31/1969 | Exploring the Northwest Passage | News Article | nw-43-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Manhattan Implications Go Behind Oil Shipment | News Article | nw-44-1 |
| 9/21/1969 | Northwest Passage: Route to Riches. Voyage May Help Speed Alaskan Oil to Eastern Points | News Article | nw-45-1 |
| 9/15/1969 | Aboard Manhattan: Humble Shoots for Year-Around Capacity | News Article | nw-46-1 |
| 7/30/1969 | Shape of Tanker Fleet Tied to Alaska Oil Find | News Article | nw-47-1 |
| 7/29/1969 | Manhattan Will Try Arctic Route to North Slope | News Article | nw-48-1 |
| 8/31/1969 | The Great Arctic Ice Gamble | News Article | nw-49-1 |
| 7/4/1969 | S.S. Manhattan to Seek Trouble in Arctic | News Article | nw-50-1 |
| 10/18/1969 | Arctic Divers Faced Death in Icy Waters | News Article | nw-51-1 |
| 12/21/1969 | Manhattan's Epic Voyage Opened the Ice and Many Questions | News Article | nw-52-1 |
| 8/25/1969 | Tanker Leaves to Conquer Fabled Northwest Passage | News Article | nw-53-1 |
| 10/26/1969 | Ice Scientists Day: Seeking Polar Data | News Article | nw-54-1 |
| 9/19/1969 | Submarine Tugs May Enter Race for Arctic Oil | News Article | nw-55-1 |
| 9/15/1969 | Manhattan: $40 Million Gamble | News Clip | nw-57-1 |
| **/**/** | Just Beginning, Says N.Y. Times | News Article | nw-58-1 |
| **/**/** | Manhattan Voyage May Be Just Futile Exercise, Says Journal | News Article | nw-59-1 |
| 9/15/1969 | Manhattan Sails Out for Northwest Passage | News Article | nw-60-1 |
| 9/18/1969 | Manhattan Will Retrace Route | News Article | nw-61-1 |
| 11/19/1969 | S.S. Manhattan Novel, but Useful | News Article | nw-62-1 |
| 9/12/1969 | Stuck Manhattan Breaks Free: Ice Grips Supertanker | News Article | nw-63-1 |
| 8/31/1969 | Biologist Tests Oil Pollution Danger in Arctic | News Article | nw-64-1 |
| 7/7/1969 | S.S. Manhattan to Seek Trouble in Arctic | News Article | nw-65-1 |
| 9/29/1969 | North Slope Oil and Ship Costs | News Article | nw-66-1 |
| 7/14/1969 | No Problems on Panarctic Voyage | News Article | nw-67-1 |
| 2/9/1970 | Icebreaker: Saga of Northwest Passage Interview with Capt. Thomas C. Pullen | News Article | nw-68-1 |
| 8/12/1969 | Delay Northwest Passage Trip for Giant Tanker - Icebreaker | News Article | nw-69-1 |
| 9/4/1969 | Tanker Passes Test of Cracks Ice in Arctic | News Article | nw-70-1 |
| 9/24/1969 | Humble Lifts Estimate of Cost of Shipping Oil by Northwest Passage | News Article | nw-71-1 |
| 9/15/1969 | Manhattan Makes It | News Article | nw-72-1 |
| 3/1/1970 | North for Oil: Manhattan Makes the Historic Northwest Passage | News Article | nw-90-1 |
| **/**/** | North by Northwest: (Photo of Manhattan) | Photo | nw-111-1 |
| **/**/** | Postcard of S.S. Manhattan | Postcard | nw-112-1 |
| 5/12/1969 | A Discourse to Prove a Passage by the Northwest to Cathia | Report | nw-73-1 |
| **/**/** | A Passage to Prudhoe Bay | Report | nw-76-1 |
| **/**/** | Backgrounder: Panarctic Oils Ltd. | Report | nw-81-1 |
| 2/2/1970 | The Arctic Coast of Alaska Today and in the Year 2000 | Report | nw-86-1 |
| 12/26/1969 | How Unknown is the North American Arctic | Report | nw-87-1 |
| **/**/** | D.O.T. Assists in Historic Cruise Through Northwest Passage | Report | nw-107-1 |
| **/**/** | Department of Transport Telecommunications Branch | Report | nw-108-1 |
| 9/24/1969 | Letter From Congressman Pollock to Congressman Garmatz | Letter | nw-77-1 |
| **/**/** | Origin of the Polar Continental Shelf Project | Report | nw-80-1 |
| **/**/** | The Northwest Passage: Historical Data | Report | nw-84-1 |
| **/**/** | Chronology of Canadian Arctic Explorations and Present Day Arctic Operations of the Canadian Coast Guard | Report | nw-88-1 |
| **/**/** | Meteorological Branch: Department of Transport - Canada: Key to Ice Symbols | Report | nw-85-1 |
| **/**/** | Map of the Northwest Passage | Map | nw-74-1 |
| 8/29/1969 | Canada Map - Meteorological Branch | Map | nw-75-1 |
| **/**/** | A Quarter Century of Surveying and Research in the Arctic | Report | nw-78-1 |
| **/**/** | Navigation in Arctic Waters | Report | nw-79-1 |
| 10/31/1969 | Alaska: The Land and the People | Report | nw-83-1 |
| 8/6/1969 | Science Probes a Trade Route - The Manhattan | Report | nw-82-1 |
| **/**/** | Arctic Expert Represents Canada on Manhattan (Capt. Thomas Pullen) | Biography | nw-100-1 |
| **/**/** | Captain Arthur W. Smith | Biography | nw-91-1 |
| **/**/** | Captain Donald E. Graham | Biography | nw-92-1 |
| **/**/** | Background Information: S.S. Manhattan | Press Release | nw-93-1 |
| **/**/** | The S.S. Manhattan's Historic Voyage | Report | nw-94-1 |
| 8/28/1969 | Crew List: S.S. Manhattan | List | nw-95-1 |
| **/**/** | Captain Paul Fournier | Biography | nw-96-1 |
| 9/11/1969 | S.S. Manhattan: Terrain Profile | Data | nw-99-1 |
| 10/17/1969 | Manhattan's Arctic Trip Helps. Submarine Freighters Are on the Horizon | News Article | nw-142-1 |
| 10/2/1969 | Manhattan's Voyage May Lead to Building Other Arctic Ships | News Article | nw-143-1 |
| 11/12/1969 | Remarks of J.K. Jamieson, Standard Oil Company, S.S. Manhattan Press Conference | Remarks | nw-97-1 |
| 11/12/1969 | Remarks of M. A. Wright, Humble Oil Company, S.S. Manhattan Press Conference | Remarks | nw-98-1 |
| 9/14/1969 | Statement by Stanley B. Haas, Mission Director, Arctic Marine Task Force, Humble Oil & Refining Company | Statement | nw-102-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Statement by Helen Delich Bentley Aboard Manhattan | Statement | nw-103-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Hot Line Snarls Nixon Appointee | News Article | nw-105-1 |
| 9/18/1969 | S.S. Manhattan Authorized Additional Press Communications by FCC for N.W. Passage Trip | Press Release | nw-110-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Victoria, She Ain't (HDB) | News Article | nw-117-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Icebreaker's Newsmen Stilled Because of Woman's Expletive | News Article | nw-118-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Salty Language Delaying News | News Article | nw-119-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Lady's Salty Language Blacked Out Icebreaker | News Article | nw-120-1 |
| 9/17/1969 | Scapegoat in Manhattan Silence, Says Mrs. Bentley | News Article | nw-121-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Lady at Sea In Hot Water With FCC | News Article | nw-122-1 |
| 9/16/1969 | Tugboat Bentley Blacks Out Radio | News Article | nw-124-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Even a Lady at Sea Can't Swear Saltily | News Article | nw-125-1 |
| 10/3/1969 | Other Four Letter Words | News Article | nw-126-1 |
| **/**/** | !#$!... Press Loses Voice on Ice Floe | News Article | nw-127-1 |
| **/**/** | Mrs. Bentley's Expletive No Worse Than Others | News Article | nw-128-1 |
| 9/12/1969 | Obscenity Disrupts Communication | News Article | nw-130-1 |
| **/**/** | Humble Explains Radio Blackout | News Article | nw-138-1 |
| **/**/** | Mrs. Bentley's Expletive No Worse than Others | News Article | nw-139-1 |
| 9/21/1969 | Nixon Appointee's Slip of the Lip. What Did That Lady Say? | News Article | nw-140-1 |
| 9/12/1969 | Her Salty Language Fouls Radio Hookup | News Article | nw-141-1 |
| 10/27/1969 | Scapegoat | News Article | nw-144-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Even a Lady at Sea Can't Swear Saltily | News Article | nw-146-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Hot-Line Snarls FMC Appointee | News Article | nw-147-1 |
| 9/12/1969 | Radio Net Cut by Obscenity | News Article | nw-148-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Nixon Aid Says She Said -- On Air, But Who's Listening | News Article | nw-149-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Woman's Quip in Anglo-Saxon Angers FCC | News Article | nw-150-1 |
| 9/13/1969 | Mrs. Bentley's Salty Language Stings Ears of FCC Bureaucrat | News Article | nw-151-1 |
| 9/14/1969 | Mrs. Bentley Said Blip and Lost her Voice | News Article | nw-152-1 |
| 9/14/1969 | There's Ice Aboard the Manhattan Too. One Woman Aboard Ship and her Words Banned | News Article | nw-153-1 |
| 9/17/1969 | Manhattan Spokesman Says We Over-Reacted: Blue Word on Radio Humbly Explained | News Article | nw-154-1 |
| **/**/** | Gal Breaks Ice on Ship with Frosty Expression | News Article | nw-157-1 |