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  12 “It was difficult . . .” WLM, diary, October 15, 1913, NLS

  13 “Wonder and admire . . .” WLM, diary, November 11, 1913, NLS

  14 “A noise there . . .” WLM, diary, November 14, 1913, NLS

  15 “It is a pain . . .” WLM, diary, November 14, 1913, NLS

  16 “Just tipping the . . .” WLM, diary, November 14, 1913, NLS

  17 “Now he is . . .” WLM, diary, November 14, 1913, NLS

  18 “It blew and . . .” Mamen, diary, November 20, 1913, NAC

  19 Do you intend . . . WLM, diary, November 15, 1913, NLS

  20 “So long as . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 13, MMBC

  21 “There is a . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 13, MMBC

  22 “A faint, twilight . . .” WLM, diary, November 20, 1913, NLS

  23 “Meeting trouble half-way . . .” WLM, diary, November 24, 1913, NLS

  24 “It is not . . .” Mamen, diary, November 2, 1913, NAC

  25 “Everything that can . . .” Mamen, diary, November 3, 1913, NAC

  26 “I have gone . . .” Mamen, diary, November 2-3, 1913, NAC

  27 “There can be . . .” De Long, The Voyage of the Jeannette: The Journals of George W. De Long, Vol. II, pp. 382-383 and 456; Background and details on the voyage of the Jeannette are based on De Long, 382–456, and passim.

  DECEMBER 1913

  1 “We had suffered . . .” De Long, The Voyage of the Jeannette, p. 500

  2 Another Eskimo reported . . . It actually was the Karluk. Jenness, Arctic Odyssey, October 12, 1913

  3 “it looks as . . .” McConnell, diary, October 11, 1913, NAC

  4 “A field-glass and . . .” Jenness, Arctic Odyssey, October 25, 1913

  5 “What we had . . .” KGC, diary, December 14, 1913, NAC

  6 “he could never . . .” KGC, diary, December 16, 1913, NAC

  7 “always took orders . . .” Stefansson, letter to George Phillips, February 14, 1914, BC

  8 “The newspapers were . . .” Stefansson, The Friendly Arctic, p. 72

  9 “What a time . . .” WLM, diary, December 19, 1913, NLS

  10 “You would naturally . . .” Maurer, lecture, p. 32, NAC

  11 “Gosh now, that’s . . .” The Christian Science Monitor, “A Man in the News,” BWD

  12 “the weirdest possible . . .” WLM, diary, December 12, 1913, NLS

  13 “’Gin ye see . . .” WLM, diary, December 13, 1913, NLS

  14 “Yes, poor little . . .” Mamen, diary, December 24, 1913, NAC

  15 “Because God gave . . .” RAB, The Log of Bob Bartlett, pp. 121–122

  16 “Fellows . . . I want . . .” WLM, diary, December 25, 1913 (NLS)

  17 “What thoughts passed . . .” WLM, diary, December 25, 1913, NLS

  18 “We should get . . .” WLM, diary, December 21, 1913, NLS

  19 “I hope no . . .” Mamen, diary, December 28, 1913, NAC

  20 “I believe I . . .” Mamen, diary, December 29, 1913, NAC

  21 “Is that land . . .” WLM, diary, December 29, 1913, NLS

  22 “In one way . . .” Mamen, diary, December 11–17, 1913, NAC106

  23 “The last day . . .” Mamen, diary, December 31, 1913, NAC

  24 “raising the devil . . .” WLM, diary, December 31, 1913, NLS

  JANUARY 1914

  1 “We must all . . .” Mamen, diary, January 21, 1914, NAC

  2 “extreme delicacy of . . .” WLM, diary, January 2, 1914, NLS

  3 “God grant it . . .” WLM, diary, January 2, 1914, NLS

  4 “Cracks and again . . .” Mamen, diary, January 3, 1914, NAC

  5 “That time, that . . .” Mamen, diary, January 4, 1914, NAC

  6 “it is no . . .” Mamen, diary, January 4-5, 1914, NAC

  7 “I suppose this . . .” Mamen, diary, January 3, 1914, NAC

  8 “Look out for . . .” Hadley’s Karluk account in The Friendly Arctic, p. 733

  9 “He who would . . .” Reynolds Hole, A Book About Roses, p. 1

  10 “If we only . . .” Mamen, diary, January 9, 1914, NAC

  11 “. . . we may expect . . .” Mamen, diary, January 9, 1914, NAC

  12 “The ship was . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 86

  13 “It was hard . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p.87

  14 “I think we . . .” Hadley account, The Friendly Arctic, p. 733

  15 “Then it was . . .” Mamen, diary, January 10, 1914, NAC

  16 “On the poop . . .” WLM, diary, January 10, 1914, NLS

  17 “All hands abandon . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 88

  18 “too busy to . . .” WLM, diary, January 10, 1914, NLS

  19 “That is enough . . .” Maurer, lecture, p. 34, NAC

  20 “One cannot speak . . .” WLM, diary, January 10, 1914, NAC

  21 “I am sure . . .” WLM, diary, January 11, 1914, NAC

  22 “She’s going . . .” WLM, diary, January 11, 1914, NLS

  23 “As we watched . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, pp. 19-20, MMBC

  24 “Our home was . . .” Maurer, lecture, p. 34, NAC

  25 “She was a . . .” WLM, diary, January 11, 1914, NLS

  26 “Goodbye, old girl.” RAB, The Log of Bob Bartlett, p. 267

  27 “That, and a . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 48, MMBC

  28 “Where in hell . . .” RAB, The Log of Bob Bartlett, pp. 6-7

  29 “preparing for our . . .” WLM, diary, January 11, 1914, NLS

  30 “Mr. Stefansson is . . .” Mamen, diary, January 11, 1914, NAC

  31 “. . . had now only . . .” Mamen, diary, January 11, 1914, NAC

  32 “This has made . . .” WLM, diary, January 10, 1914, NLS

  33 “The ice that . . .” Maurer, lecture, p. 35, NAC

  34 “But I was . . .” RAB, The Log of Bob Bartlett, p. 268

  35 “Coffee!”WLM, diary, January 12, 1914, NLS

  36 “tasted as sweet . . .” WLM, diary, January 12, 1914, NLS

  37 “We have reached . . .” WLM, diary, January 15, 1914, NLS

  38 “I sincerely hope . . .” Mamen, diary, January 13–15, 1914, NAC

  39 “She used it . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 21, MMBC

  40 “thus, & only . . .” WLM, diary, January 11, 1914, NLS

  41 “They grumble if . . .” WLM, diary, January 11, 1914, NLS

  42 “I have decided . . .” Mamen, diary, January 12, 1914, NAC

  43 “Wouldn’t we give . . .” WLM, diary, January 15, 1914, NLS

  44 “Now look here . . .” WLM, diary, January 16, 1914, NLS

  45 “We may thus . . .” WLM, diary, January 17, 1914, NLS

  46 “All the time . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 22, MMBC

  47 “It gets on . . .” Mamen, diary, January 20, 1914, NAC

  48 “One must take . . .” Mamen, diary, January 17, 1914, NAC

  49 “Au revoir . . . Good . . .” WLM, diary, January 21, 1914, NLS

  50 “Oh, what a . . .” Mamen, diary, January 22, 1914, NAC

  51 “I have not . . .” Mamen, diary, January 24, 1914, NAC

  52 “We came closer . . .” Mamen, diary, January 25, 1914, NAC

  53 “we shiver and . . .” Mamen, diary, January 27, 1914, NAC

  54 “wetter and wetter . . .” Mamen, diary, January 28, 1914, NAC

  55 “I have suffered . . .” Mamen, diary, January 28, 1914, NAC

  56 “You are going . . .” Hadley, Karluk account in The Friendly Arctic, p. 734

  57 “I reminded the . . .” Hadley, Karluk account in The Friendly Arctic, p. 735

  58 “throw themselves on . . .” WLM, diary, January 31, 1914, NLS

  59 “We are at . . .” WLM, diary, January 30, 1914, NLS

  60 “I have come . . .” Mamen, diary, January 30, 1914, NAC

  61 “It is remarkable . . .” Mamen, diary, January 30, 1914, NAC

  62 “hop along the . . .” Mamen, diary, Ja
nuary 30, 1914, NAC

  FEBRUARY 1914

  1 “Then to this . . .” The Rubáiyát of Omar Kháyyam, p. 76

  2 “Give me a rifle . . .” Hadley, quoted in The Friendly Arctic, p. 735

  3 “They will now . . .” Mamen, diary, February 1, 1914, NAC

  4 “Here they’re; here . . .” WLM, diary, February 3, 1914, NLS

  5 “Well done, Norway . . .” RAB, Northward Ho: The Last Voyage of the Karluk, 125

  6 “Oh, how nice . . .” Mamen, diary, February 3, 1914, NAC

  7 “There is nobody . . .” Mamen, diary, February 4, 1914, NAC

  8 “The temperature was . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 27, MMBC

  9 “I do not . . .” Mamen, diary, February 9, 1914, NAC

  10 “If you lose . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 27, MMBC

  11 “A night of . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 27, MMBC

  12 “Herald Island is . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 28, MMBC

  13 “I believe the . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 28, MMBC

  14 “It’s useless for . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 30, MMBC

  15 “‘Go on,’ this . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 30, MMBC

  16 For several days . . . Interview with Emily Wilson, daughter of Mugpi, December 30, 1999

  17 “Thus easily are . . .” WLM, diary, February 12, 1914, NLS

  18 “Mush! Mush!” . . . WLM, diary, February 16, 1914, NLS

  19 “Why, there is . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 31, MMBC

  20 “You must keep . . .” Mamen, diary, February 14, 1914, NAC

  21 “They have a . . .” Mamen, diary, February 17, 1914, NAC

  22 “There is a bear . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 24, MMBC

  23 “For the farther . . .” Hadley, quoted in The Friendly Arctic, 737

  24 “The limit of . . .” RAB, Northward Ho: The Last Voyage of the Karluk, 147

  25 “Tea! Thou soft . . .” RAB, Log, 1914, BWD

  26 “Canadian Arctic Expedition . . .” RAB, memorandum (copy of record left at Shipwreck Camp), Bartlett Papers, BWD

  27 “Wriggle your fingers . . .” WLM, Karluk: The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration, 81

  28 “If you can’t . . .” WLM, Karluk: The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration, 81

  29 “‘Oh boy,’ Bartlett . . .” WLM, Karluk: The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration, 82

  30 “World in torment . . .” WLM, diary, February 26, 1914, NLS

  31 “The ice was . . .” WLM, diary, February 26, 1914, NLS

  32 “No way of . . .” Mamen, diary, February 28, 1914, NAC

  33 “Certainly a fine . . .” Mamen, diary, February 28, 1914, NAC

  MARCH 1914

  1 “It really does. . .” WLM, diary, March 22, 1914, NLS

  2 “That no ‘relief’ . . .” Stefansson to RMA, March 10, 1914, NAC

  3 “The front of . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, pp. 39–40, MMBC

  4 “To look at . . .” WLM, diary, February 28–March 3, 1914, NLS

  5 “Would grade a . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 40, MMBC

  6 “Building a road . . .” RAB, Northward Ho: The Last Voyage of the Karluk, pp. 155–156

  7 “You will have . . .” Mamen, diary, March 2, 1914, NAC

  8 “Fantastic, mountainous formations . . .” RAB, Northward Ho: The Last Voyage of the Karluk, pp. 155-156

  9 “It was with . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 40, MMBC

  10 “I don’t give . . .” Mamen, diary, March 10, 1914, NAC

  11 “I have also . . .” WLM, diary, March 9, 1914, NLS

  12 “It don’t matter . . .” WLM, diary, March 11, 1914, NLS

  13 “‘Nuna!’ he was . . .” WLM, diary, March 12, 1914, NLS

  14 “The most desolate . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, pp. 41–42, MMBC

  15 “What a sense . . .” Maurer, lecture, p. 40, NAC

  16 “No braver man . . .” Quoted in Maurer, lecture, p. 40, NAC (Chafe gives this same account in The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 43. He apparently often “borrowed” Maurer’s words verbatim from World Magazine articles Maurer wrote in 1915 and used them in his own account of the Karluk story.)

  17 “Three polar bears . . .” RAB, Northward Ho: The Last Voyage of the Karluk, 164

  18 “‘Canny Scot,’ Bartlett . . .” WLM, Karluk: The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration p. 95

  19 “It is neither . . .” WLM, diary, March 19, 1914, NAC

  20 “It was a slow . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 190

  21 “That land? . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 195

  22 “We see no . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 195

  23 “If you ’fraid . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 196

  24 “Me see him . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 19

  APRIL 1914

  1 “It’s Hell all. . .” Munro, diary, April 5, 1914, NAC

  2 “Work round the . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p.48, MMBC. Details of Chafe’s harrowing ordeal are drawn largely from his own account.

  3 “Is that you . . .” Chafe, The Voyage of the Karluk, p. 55, MMBC

  4 “I wonder when . . .” WLM, diary, April 28, 1914, NLS

  5 “I don’t know . . .” Munro, diary, April 28, 1914, NAC

  6 “Everyone here swears . . .” WLM, diary, April 28, 1914, NLS

  7 “Another month gone . . .” WLM, diary, April 30, 1914, NLS

  8 “The worst going . . .” Hadley, diary, April 28, 1914, NAC

  9 “I could swear . . .” Mamen, diary, April 15, 1914, NAC

  10 “Being in poor . . .” Mamen, diary, April 3, 1914, NAC

  11 “Yes, I see . . .” Mamen, diary, April 10, 1914, NAC

  12 “Happily it wasn’t . . .” Mamen, diary, April 14, 1914, NAC

  13 “I have you . . .” Mamen, diary, April 14, 1914, NAC

  14 “Malloch is certainly . . .” Mamen, diary, April 15, 1914, NAC

  15 “We will soon . . .” Mamen, diary, April 16, 1914, NAC

  16 “So that we . . .” Mamen, diary, April 18, 1914, NAC

  17 “It is a . . .” Mamen, diary, April 22, 1914, NAC

  18 “With the spring . . .” Mamen, diary, April 26, 1914, NAC

  19 “I don’t know what . . .” Mamen, diary, April 28, 1914, NAC

  20 “I don’t know how . . .” Mamen, diary, April 30, 1914, NAC

  21 “Eskimo see me . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 208

  22 “Which is permanently . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 202

  23 “Snowshoes are indispensable . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 204

  24 “‘Ardegar,’ Kataktovik said . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 206

  25 “Where we go? . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 206

  26 “It seemed pretty . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 206

  27 “‘Eskimo igloo,’ he . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 208

  28 “‘Ardegar,’ said Bartlett . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 208

  29 “‘Maybe,’ Bartlett said . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 208

  30 “You drive the . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 209

  31 “How do you . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 209

  32 “Eating sociably with . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 210

  33 “Me no savvy . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 213

  34 “I wondered how . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 219

  35 “Whisper of the . . . Northeastern Siberia.” Http:// umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov/elipse/970309 . . . /weather-ne-siberia.htm

  36 “One of the . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 240

  37 “M
e speak ‘em . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 249

  38 “I bring you . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, 249

  39 “How much you . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 250

  40 “‘Forty dollars,’ said . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 250

  41 “Daredevil of northern . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 262

  42 “The second stage . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 26

  MAY 1914

  1 “Tempers seem to . . .” WLM, diary, May 8, 1914, NLS

  2 “and dream of . . .” WLM, diary, May 3, 1914, NAC

  3 “What a godsend . . .” WLM, diary, May 3, 1914, NAC

  4 “we have sufficient . . .” WLM, diary, May 3, 1914, NAC

  5 “I hope some . . .” WLM, diary, May 10, 1914, NAC

  6 “Me no good . . .” WLM, diary, May 12, 1914, NLS

  7 “Munro’s job is . . .” WLM, diary, May 13, 1914, NAC

  8 “contemptable rotter.”Hadley, diary, May 21, 1914, NAC

  9 “I would not . . .” Hadley diary, May 14, 1914, NAC

  10 “It’s hard to . . .” Munro, diary, May 14, 1914, NAC

  11 “fed up with . . .” Munro, diary, May 16, 1914, NAC

  12 “It’s Hell to . . .” Munro, diary, May 23, 1914, NAC

  13 “Me make baron . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 275

  14 “the worst man . . .” Mamen, diary, May 5, 1914, NAC

  15 “Half a pound . . .” Mamen, diary, May 3, 1914, NAC

  16 “I for my . . .” Mamen, diary, May 6, 1914, NAC

  17 “I feel weaker . . .” Mamen, diary, May 6, 1914, NAC

  18 “It is getting . . .” Mamen, diary, May 7, 1914, NAC

  19 He could only . . . Mrs. RMA to McKinlay, April 25, 1915, NLS

  20 “stretched his legs . . .” Mamen, diary, May 17, 1914, NAC

  21 “Yes, this 17th . . .” Mamen, diary, May 17, 1914, NAC

  22 “I don’t know . . .” Mamen, diary, May 18, 1914, NAC

  23 “the ‘scientist’ was . . .” WLM, diary, May 19, 1914, NAC

  24 “It is a . . .” WLM, diary, May 18-May 25, 1914, NAC

  25 “could look down . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, pp. 277–278

  26 “almost took a . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 278

  27 “two months had . . .” RAB, The Last Voyage of the Karluk, p. 278

  JUNE 1914

  1 “A letter from . . .” Mrs. Rudolph Martin Anderson in a letter to George Phillips, May 15, 1914, NLS

 

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