Thanks too to all those who played a role I’d be remiss not to acknowledge. In no particular order: Bill and Bob Bernard, Bob DeArmond, Mitzi Ahearn Dodd, Michael Fisher, Austin Bernard, and Bob Burns and family; Vincent Ouellette and Loyola College; The Concordia University Archives; William Hunt, Claus-M. Naske, and Paul Krejci; Almeda Thibodeau; Dee Longenbaugh and Observatory Books; Sandy Johnston, Anastasia Tarmann-Lynch, and the Alaska State Library Historical Collections; Russell Potter and David Gray; The Stefansson Collection on Polar Exploration at the Rauner Special Collections Library of Dartmouth College; Laura Quinn, Andrea Berry and Idealware; Mike and Cathy Bagley, Sandy Poulson, Cyndi and Scott Cassedy, and the Sentinel staff; Mike Byerly and Sue Mauger; M. Michael Armstrong and Jenny Stroyeck; Brendan Jones and Cal; Mark, Lisa and Jackson Kelsey; the Homer News; Marilyn Dugdale; Scott Dickerson and Surf Alaska; Marc and Laura Cloward (and Oscar), Rick Chambers, Mike Hicks, Dixie Lambert, Lieutenant James Helgoe, Corporal Eric Spitzer, Megan Peters and Beth Ipsen, and the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers; Daniel Coyle; Sean Crosby, Marie and Ron Bader, Sean Ruddy, and the Kachemak Shellfish Growers Cooperative; Jon Rowley and Rowan Jacobsen; Dave Seaman; Stonie Huffman; Chris McGraw; Doug Drown and Bradley, Oliver, and Keaton Heintz; Ben Stuart; Colleen McKenna; Jeanne Najemy and Lucy; Jeff Spira; Dan Tuohy, Jeff Gibson, Haidee Merritt, and the Morrisseys; Phil Huckins; Peter Bryenton; Kurt Mullen; and to Shakes, my temperamental gun dog, for his patience.
In Tignish, Beulah Costain and David Le Gallant drive a campaign to commemorate the Captains Bernard under the guise of L’Association du Complexe patrimonial de Prince-Ouest inc./The West Prince Heritage Complex Association Inc. They are my compatriots and my friends, and the campaign can’t help but succeed with such good people at the helm. The Bernards will be remembered.
To everyone else not named here, you know who you are . . . and thank you.
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