return from the Arctic flight, Eielson was asked to establish Alaskan Airways, a subsidiary of the Aviation Corporation of America. In 1929, Eielson died alongside his mechanic Earl Borland in an air crash in Siberia while attempting to evacuate furs and personnel from the Nanuk, a cargo vessel trapped in the ice at North Cape (now Mys Shmidta). Their bodies were discovered on February 18, 1930. Legacy Carl Benjamin Eielson School and the Liberty ship SS Carl B. Eielson are named in his honor, as is Mount Eielson and the new visitor center at Denali National Park and Preserve. The Carl Ben Eielson Memorial Building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus is named in his honor. A peak in the West-Central Alaska Range is also named in his honor. An elementary school on Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota is named after him as well as Ben Eielson High School on Eielson Air Force Base outside of North Pole, Alaska, and Carl Ben Eielson Middle School in Fargo, North Dakota. The Carl Ben Eielson House in Hatton, North Dakota is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1929, he was awarded the Harmon Trophy. In 1984, Carl Ben Eielson was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame held each year during Norsk Høstfest Scandinavian festival in Minot, N.D. In 1985, he was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio. In 1997, Carl Ben Eielson was a recipient of the state of North Dakota's Roughrider Award. See also 1925 serum run to Nome List of Alaskan Hall of Fame pilots References Other sources Wambheim, H.G. (1930) Ben: The Life Story of Col. Carl Ben Eielson (Hatton) Rolfsrud, Erling Nicolai (1952) Brother to the Eagle (Lantern Books, Alexandria, MN) Chandler, Edna Walker (1959) Pioneer of Alaska skies;: The story of Ben Eielson (Ginn) Herron, Edward Albert (1968) Wings Over Alaska: The Story of Carl Ben Eielson (Pocket Books) Gleason, Robert J. (1977) Icebound in the Siberian Arctic (Alaska Northwest Pub. Co) Page, Dorothy G. (1992) Polar Pilot: The Carl Ben Eielson Story. (Vero Media, Moorhead, MN) External links Hatton Eielson Museum website Eielson Visitor Center website Carl Ben Eielson Memorial Arch 1897 births 1929 deaths United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I American people of Norwegian descent Aviation pioneers Aviators from Alaska Aviators from North Dakota Aviators killed in aviation