Volume 24-25, 1976-7 - The Arctic Circle - Home

\rcL. )O(V I{o. 4 TI{E ARICTIC CIRC{IIAR 97roorlls in tLre Southeast and Klondike regions, vdrile the rerrerse was true forKluane region roorrs . They \^Jere about tie sarre in Vilhite.horse. TLre retrnrtalso shcnals the accsnnodation sector, as a vfiole, achieved only half itspotential 1976 re\renue frcm room sales. llhere \dere 2501000 enpty hoteland nptel roqn nights in the territory, qflile ttrere \^rere an average 11500rooms enpty eaetr night &:ring the peak tcr:rist season of June-Augr:st.S.S. TUISHf RESTORD - lilclrernber 15, L977The sterrnrfieeler S.S. E!sh!, one of the three renraining boast of its kindjn yr:kon, has been sarfr-En falling into a state of total disrepair andis receiving a face lift. Ttre boat, located at Carcrossr wErs scraped and.painted this sumler r:nder the srperrzision of tlre YTG' s Parks and HistoricSites Division. Ilre painting r,,prk was caried out by students frcm theCarcross Ccnnnrnity College vfro were r,rlcrking frcn a $341500 LIP grant forthe project. An additional $L2,000 was spent by tlre YTG's Parks andHistoric Sites Division on other stabilization work vfiich included acorplete cleaning job of tlre sternvfrreelers interior and octerior, sealingof declcs, repafu to doors and windorrs and the i-:rstallation of plpvood onalI doors and windcnns. TLIe vrcden windcny and door panels r,\rere pa.inted aspecial grun netal gney to preselrre tlre affect of depttr when tlre boat isvisrved fnsn ttre outside. As an added precaution, snnke detectors w-ill beinstalled on all declcs ard tied into tlre fire alarm system at Carcross.The u,ork shor:ld be corpleted by norE, surTrrer. TLre S.S. T\rBhi was nszed.to its present location frcrn the waterside by tlre yIG in-1972. A resolutionwas passed last year by Yr-rkon's Historic Sites and lulonr-unents Board to hanrethe sternwtreeler e>