The Ice Master (52 page)

24
  “I came here . . .” Sandy Anderson, unaddressed letter, June 15, 1913, private collection of Peter Anderson

25
  “A thirst for . . .” Fred Maurer, “The Life and Adventures of Fredrick Maurer,” p. 1, NAC

26
  “Green hands wanted . . .” Maurer, “The Life and Adventures of Fredrick Maurer,” p. 1, NAC

27
  “It was heads . . .” Maurer, lecture, p. 14, NAC

28
  “it begins to . . .” Mamen, diary, August 5, 1913, NAC

29
  “Our skipper has . . .” WLM, diary, July 3, 1913, NLS

30
  “laziest man I . . .” Mamen, diary, August 6, 1913, NAC

31
  “The Canadian Arctic . . .” KGC, diary, July 22, 1913, NAC

32
  “at the same . . .” Ernest F. Chafe (hereafter, Chafe),
The Voyage of the Karluk
, Unpublished manuscript, p. 8, MMBC

33
  “Starboard—steady—Port . . .” Chafe,
The Voyage of the Karluk,
p. 9

34
  “absurd & suicidal . . .” WLM, diary, August 8, 1913, NLS

35
  He also sold . . . RMA, CAEPH, p. 8

36
  “seemed to resent . . .” WLM, diary, July 10, 1913, NLS

37
  “Certainly be crushed . . .” WLM, Letter to Andrew (last name unknown), July 12, 1913, NAC

38
  “V.S. in a . . .” KGC, diary, July 11, 1913, NAC

39
  “Capt. Bartlett says . . .” KGC, diary, July 2, 1913, NAC

40
  “Poor ice breaker . . .” Mamen, diary, August 10, 1913, NAC

41
  “do indeed not . . .”
Karluk
Chronicle, June 23, 1913, DRT

42
  “coarse and vulgar . . .” WLM, diary, June 21, 1913, NLS

43
  “Swung his head . . .” WLM, diary, July 3, 1913, NLS

44
  “At the earnest . . .”
Karluk
Chronicle, June 23, 1913, DRT

45
  “Eat when you . . .” WLM, diary, July 5, 1913, NLS

46
  “From now on . . .” WLM, diary, August 4, 1913, NLS

47
  “A man who . . .” Mamen, diary, August 14, 1913, NAC

48
  “We steamed along . . .” RAB,
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
, 25

49
  Apparently, Stefansson was . . . Stuart Jenness,
Arctic Odyssey
, xli

50
  “playing guitar and . . .” Mamen, diary, August 14, 1913, NAC

51
  “As if we . . .” WLM, diary, August 15, 1913, NLS

52
  “The nights are . . .” WLM, diary, August 18, 1913, NLS

53
  “It is distressing . . .” Mamen, diary, August 18, 1913, NAC

54
  “He may be . . .” KGC, diary, August 16, 1913, NAC

55
  “A self-seeking adventurer . . .” George Phillips, Letter to G. J.Desbarats, August 19, 1913, BC

56
  “That was all . . .” WLM, diary, August 23, 1913, NLS

57
  “How long will . . .” WLM, diary, August 17, 1913, NLS

58
  “When will you . . .” Kataktovik, Letter to a friend, August 30, 1913, NLS

SEPTEMBER 1913

1
  
“Goodbye Stefansson. We . . .”
Maurer lecture: “A Fight for Life in the Arctic.” 1914, p. 29, NAC

2
  “Down went my . . .” WLM, diary, September 27, 1913, NLS

3
  “Soon we will . . .” Mamen, diary, September 10, 1913, NAC

4
  “Due south . . .” Mamen, diary, September 17, 1913, NAC

5
  “You must have . . .” Mamen, diary, September 17, 1913, NAC

6
  “Jerusalem's destruction; they . . .” Mamen, diary, September 20, 1913, NAC

7
  “If the ice . . .” WLM, diary, September 20, 1913, NLS

8
  “Away 20 miles . . .” Maurer lecture, p. 29, NAC

9
  “like the long . . .” RAB,
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
, p. 41

10
  “All hope of . . .” WLM, diary, September 24, 1913, NLS

11
  “he knows what . . .” Mamen, diary, September 28, 1913, NAC

12
  “There is nothing . . .” Mamen, diary, September 30, 1913, NAC

13
  “A nice mess . . .” RAB,
The Log of Bob Bartlett
, p. 262

14
  “never to see . . .” WLM, diary, September 5, 1913, NLS

OCTOBER 1913

1
  “
. . . we were drifting . . .”
Chafe, p. 13, MMBC

2
  “My dearest wish . . .” Mamen, diary, October 4, 1913, NAC

3
  “
October 28th, Friday . . .”
De Long, Emma, ed.,
The Voyage of the Jeannette: The Journals of George W. De Long
(Volume Two), p. 800

4
  “We are lost . . .” Mamen, diary, October 7, 1913, p. 28, NAC

5
  “Stefansson read DeLong's . . .” Mamen, diary, October 7, 1913, p. 28, NAC

6
  “led to believe . . .” WLM, diary, October 2, 1913, NLS

7
  “The Canadian Arctic . . .” Mamen, diary, October 7, 1913, p. 28, NAC

8
  “as long as . . .” Mamen, diary, October 7, 1913, p. 28, NAC

9
  “one stares death . . .” Mamen, diary, October 5, 1913, NAC

10
  “I remember now . . .” Maurer, lecture, p. 33, NAC

11
  “We are still . . .” Mamen, diary, October 10, 1913, NAC

12
  “and a few . . .” Mamen, diary, October 5, 1913, NAC

13
  “Opposing floes which . . .” WLM, diary, September 29-October 1, 1913, NLS

14
  “So we are . . .” Mamen, diary, October 2-12, 1913, NAC

15
  “You must consider . . .” Mamen, diary, October 13, 1913, NAC

16
  “Dried apples . . . situk . . .” WLM, diary, July 16, 1913, NLS

17
  “Theirs may not . . .” Mamen, diary, October 8, 1913, NAC

18
  “It is awful . . .” Mamen, diary, October 20, 1913, NAC

19
  “doesn't know anything . . .” Mamen, diary, October 14, 1913, NAC

20
  “a mouthful of . . .” Mamen, diary, October 27, 1913, NAC

21
  “I suppose the . . .” Mamen, diary, October 29, 1913, NAC

22
  “I for my . . .” Mamen, diary, November 3, 1913, NAC

23
  “There are some . . .” WLM, diary, October 5-19, 1913, NLS

24
  “I sense that . . .” WLM, diary, October 11-13, 1913, NLS

25
  “free & easy . . .” WLM, diary, October 7, 1913, NLS

26
  “I wish to . . .” WLM, diary, October 11–13, 1913, NLS

27
  “the most good-natured . . .” Mamen, diary, October 5, 1913, NAC

28
  “encircled by the . . .” Mamen, diary, October 5, 1913, NAC

29
  “We may see . . .” Mamen, diary, October 6, 1913, NAC

30
  “For my part . . .” Mamen, diary, October 23, 1913, NAC

31
  “Our large ice . . .” Mamen, diary, October 8-19, 1913, NAC

32
  “No human power . . .” De Long,
The Voyage of the Jeannette
, Volume Two, pp. 473–474

33
  “I suppose there . . .” Mamen, diary, October 25, 1913, NAC

34
  “By that time . . .” Mamen, diary, October 30, 1913, NAC

35
  “Oh my, how . . .” Mamen, diary, October 30, 1913, NAC

NOVEMBER 1913

1
  “
It is a dreary
. . .” Mamen, diary, November 15, 1913, NAC

2
  “‘Captain Bartlett,' wrote . . .” Mamen, diary, November 3, 1913, NAC

3
  “I for my . . .” Mamen, diary, November 6, 1913, NAC

4
  “Ice and still . . .” Mamen, diary, November 6, 1913, NAC

5
  “It looks as . . .” Mamen, diary, November 9, 1913, NAC

6
  “Presumably Mr. Stefansson . . .” Mamen, diary, November 9, 1914, NAC

7
  There were 250 . . . WLM, diary, November 8, 1913, NLS

8
  “It surely will . . .” Mamen, diary, November 4, 1913, NAC

9
  “The effect of . . .” Chafe,
The Voyage of the Karluk
, 15, MMBC

10
  “I am sure . . .” Mamen, diary, November 10, 1913, NAC

11
  “People talk about . . .” Mamen, diary, November 13, 1913, NAC

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