Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf

USRCS & USCG

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Mar 1, 2019

A one-of-a-kind medal struck for and awarded to then-LT Ellsworth P. Bertholf, USRCS, for his work in the overland relief of whale-men and their ships who had become trapped in the ice at Point Barrow in the winter of 1897-1898.

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