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Dora tradition and Captain Bruce McKay remembered
Seattle May 4 Captain Bruce McKay a famed Alaska navigator who commanded the steamer Dora from Seward to Siberia and beyond has died at Sailors Snug Harbor Newark. The Dora’s mission bridged civilization and isolation, delivering supplies and news to remote settlements while sustaining the crew through harsh voyages including a dramatic January 1906 drift across the Pacific.
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Seattle
Bruce McKay
Alaska
Waters
Dora
McKay
Bering Sea
Siberia
North Sea
Kigdom
Seward
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Alaskan
Santa Ana
U. S. Revenue
Jooth
Highty
Valdez
A.cyoung
Unitalaska
Roy Ee
Anchorage
Bertha
Admiral Vine
Government Wharf
Odiak Island