One of the Stinson Tri-Motors, Nome, Alaska.
Chartered by Reindeer Acquisition Unit for 5 months.
Mirow Air Service, Nome, Alaska.

My grandfather, Alfred Opland, was hired by the government to travel up and down the Bering Sea coast, checking in on the domestic reindeer herds which had been established at several villages as an economic experiment, encouraging husbandry of the herds and reporting progress.

The domestic reindeer was an alien concept to people who were accustomed to the annual food surplus already provided by the caribou migrations they knew so well, and the reindeer themselves tended to wander off with their wild brethren once met, so only a couple of villages even bothered with this.

Grandpa had told me about catching rides up and down the coast with fishermen and the USCG to complete the assigned task, and what a hassle that was. At one point the parent agency (The Indian Commission; now The Bureau of Indian Affairs or BIA) chartered Mirow's two Stinsons NC15154 and NC16110."