Army & Navy - COMMUNICATIONS: Frost Snorters

New "I've-been-there" club reported from the far Northwest this week is the Short Roaders, composed of those who have ridden, crawled or hiked more than 500 miles over the Alaska Military High way. Its membership certificate: a Canadian dollar bill, inscribed and signed in the Short Snorter manner.

Still more exclusive back-patting travel group is the Kee Club, named after the mythical Kee bird, which flies around the North Pole plaintively crying: "Kee-KeeKee-rist, but it's cold!" Membership emblem : a walrus tooth on a key chain. To qualify for membership (by invitation...

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