The Ice Master (53 page)

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, January 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. . .” W
LM, 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
  “Me speak ‘em . . .” RAB,
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
, p. 249