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THE WRANGEL ISLAND DOCUMENTS
York or elsewhere. The collection as a whole was not salable.
Limited selections from it were sold, but the prices were inadequate.
By the spring of 1923 Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] had completed the manuscript
of a book which was eventually sold to a British publisher who
resold it to an American publisher. 1
Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]]’s situation in [[New York (N.Y.)|New York]] had now become difficult.
My own expenditures in supporting the [[Wrangel Island (Russia)|Wrangel Island]] expedition
were heavy, and there did not seem to be any remunerative work
to which he could immediately turn. It struck me that if I were
to place him in charge of the supply ship going to [[Wrangel Island (Russia)|Wrangel Island]]
this would give him a certain amount of prominence which might
enable him later to lecture profitably. Before sailing for [[England]]
in May I broached this subject and found, as I expected, that Mr.
[[Noice, Harold|Noice]] was eager for the opportunity.2 I told him I could not
make any definite arrangements then because I had not the money
to send him from [[New York (N.Y.)|New York]] to [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]]. I was hoping to secure
funds in [[England]], however, and would communicate with him by
cable either direct or through the [[Toronto (Ont.)|Toronto]] office of our [[Stefansson Arctic Exploration and Development Company|company]].
As the summer dragged on without any financial success for me
in [[England]], my business associate, Mr. [[Taylor, A. J. T. (Alfred James Towle), 1887-1945|A. J. T. Taylor]], of [[Toronto (Ont.)|Toronto]],
cabled me offering personally to pay the expenses of Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]]
from [[New York (N.Y.)|New York]] to [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]] in order that he might be on hand there
to take charge of a ship in case I could later get money in [[England]]
and cable it direct to [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]]. I accepted this offer by cable, al-
though we could have saved the passage money by employing in
[[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]] (through [[Lomen Bros.|Lomen Brothers]] who had done such things for
us previously) any one of the many sailors available up there
who were in our opinion as capable as Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] of taking a boat
to [[Wrangel Island (Russia)|Wrangel]]. But, as said, we wanted Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] to have the advan-
tage of the expected publicity to help him get a lecture job later,
and both [[Taylor, A. J. T. (Alfred James Towle), 1887-1945|Mr. Taylor]] and I felt willing at that stage to invest a
little more money in his future.
We come now to a section of this chapter which I print with
1 As we go to press there has come to hand an advance copy of this book.
It covers some of the ground we do in the present chapter and elsewhere. It
shows how facts and theories appeared to Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] himself before he suffered
the mental changes we are about to describe—for the book passed out of his
control before the changes took place. The title is “With Stefansson in the
Arctic” (New York and London, 1924).
2 We repeat here, for clearness, certain things stated in Chapter IX.359 THE WRANGEL ISLAND DOCUMENTS York or elsewhere. The collection as a whole was not salable. By the spring of 1923 Mr. Noice had completed the manuscript Mr. Noice’s situation in New York had now become difficult. As the summer dragged on without any financial success for me We come now to a section of this chapter which I print with 1 As we go to press there has come to hand an advance copy of this book. 2 We repeat here, for clearness, certain things stated in Chapter IX. stefansson-wrangel-09-32-080rTHE [[Wrangel Island (Russia)|WRANGEL ISLAND]] DOCUMENTS 359
York or elsewhere. The collection as a whole was not salable.
Limited selections from it were sold, but the prices were inadequate.
By the spring of 1923 Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] had completed the manuscript
of a book which was eventually sold to a British publisher who
resold it to an American publisher. 1
Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]]’s situation in [[New York (State)|New York]] had now become difficult.
My own expenditures in supporting the [[Wrangel Island (Russia)|Wrangel Island]] expedition
were heavy, and there did not seem to be any remunerative work
to which he could immediately turn. It struck me that if I were
to place him in charge of the supply ship going to [[Wrangel Island (Russia)|Wrangel Island]]
this would give him a certain amount of prominence which might
enable him later to lecture profitably. Before sailing for [[England]]
in May I broached this subject and found, as I expected, that Mr.
[[Noice, Harold|Noice]] was eager for the opportunity.2 I told him I could not
make any definite arrangements then because I had not the money
to send him from [[New York (State)|New York]] to [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]]. I was hoping to secure
funds in [[England]], however, and would communicate with him by
cable either direct or through the [[Toronto (Ont.)|Toronto]] office of our [[Stefansson Arctic Exploration and Development Company|company]].
As the summer dragged on without any financial success for me
in [[England]], my business associate, Mr. [[Taylor, A. J. T. (Alfred James Towle), 1887-1945|A. J. T. Taylor]], of [[Toronto (Ont.)|Toronto]],
cabled me offering personally to pay the expenses of Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]]
from [[New York (State)|New York]] to [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]] in order that he might be on hand there
to take charge of a ship in case I could later get money in [[England]]
and cable it direct to [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]]. I accepted this offer by cable, al-
though we could have saved the passage money by employing in
[[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]] (through [[Lomen Bros.|Lomen Brothers]] who had done such things for
us previously) any one of the many sailors available up there
who were in our opinion as capable as Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] of taking a boat
to [[Wrangel Island (Russia)|Wrangel]]. But, as said, we wanted Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] to have the advan-
tage of the expected publicity to help him get a lecture job later,
and both [[Taylor, A. J. T. (Alfred James Towle), 1887-1945|Mr. Taylor]] and I felt willing at that stage to invest a
little more money in his future.
We come now to a section of this chapter which I print with
1As we go to press there has come to hand an advance copy of this book.
It covers some of the ground we do in the present chapter and elsewhere. It
shows how facts and theories appeared to Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] himself before he suffered
the mental changes we are about to describe—for the book passed out of his
control before the changes took place. The title is “With [[Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962|Stefansson]] in the
[[Arctic regions|Arctic]]” ([[New York (State)|New York]] and [[London (England)|London]], 1924).
2We repeat here, for clearness, certain things stated in Chapter IX.THE WRANGEL ISLAND DOCUMENTS 359 York or elsewhere. The collection as a whole was not salable. By the spring of 1923 Mr. Noice had completed the manuscript Mr. Noice’s situation in New York had now become difficult. As the summer dragged on without any financial success for me We come now to a section of this chapter which I print with 1As we go to press there has come to hand an advance copy of this book. 2We repeat here, for clearness, certain things stated in Chapter IX. |
