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
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