Transcript of an article, Mr. Stefansson shows Results," from the Montreal Standard, 09 September 1923
Date9 September, 1923
abstractCorrespondence, newspaper articles, and other material related to the ill-fated 1921 expedition to Wrangel Island.
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call NumberStefansson Mss-91: Harold Noice Papers, Box 1, Folder 3
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"As we pointed out in these columns some time ago, Mr. Stefansson's
ambition to keep in the limelight was hardly worth risking the lives of
three (four) young men on a desolate Arctic Island.
ambition to keep in the limelight was hardly worth risking the lives of
three (four) young men on a desolate Arctic Island.
"Since then three (four) young men have died of hunger and disease,
and Mr. Stefansson over in London is busy with the crocodile tears.. The
misadventure has obliged Mr. Stefansson to explain that he alone was
responsible for the unfortunate expedition, and that the Canadian Government
had nothing to do with it. That it had not was no fault of Mr. Stefansson's,
who begged hard enough that they relieve him of the expense.
and Mr. Stefansson over in London is busy with the crocodile tears.. The
misadventure has obliged Mr. Stefansson to explain that he alone was
responsible for the unfortunate expedition, and that the Canadian Government
had nothing to do with it. That it had not was no fault of Mr. Stefansson's,
who begged hard enough that they relieve him of the expense.
"The plain truth is that the blood of these young men is on the head
of Mr. Stefansson. While they were starving to death on a frozen island
to prove the Stefansson theory that an explorer could live off the country,
Mr. Stefansson himself was prancing about from one luxurious spot of civil
isation to another, lecturing and telling what a hero he was. Meanwhile
the three (four) young men went on short rations, then on no rations at
all, the food supply Mr. Stefansson had left behind being about one year
short of the demand upon it.
of Mr. Stefansson. While they were starving to death on a frozen island
to prove the Stefansson theory that an explorer could live off the country,
Mr. Stefansson himself was prancing about from one luxurious spot of civil
isation to another, lecturing and telling what a hero he was. Meanwhile
the three (four) young men went on short rations, then on no rations at
all, the food supply Mr. Stefansson had left behind being about one year
short of the demand upon it.
"For some time past, Mr. Stefansson has been trying to wish himself
and his plans on the Canadian Government. Not being successful in that,
he went north and discovered an island, that had been discovered several
times before - Wrangel Island to wit - and tried to wish that on the
Government. Failing again, he betook himself to England, and tried to
wish this island, with which he had no business whatever, on the British
Government. He failed in that also, but meanwhile, as we said before,
the three (four) young men on the island died.
and his plans on the Canadian Government. Not being successful in that,
he went north and discovered an island, that had been discovered several
times before - Wrangel Island to wit - and tried to wish that on the
Government. Failing again, he betook himself to England, and tried to
wish this island, with which he had no business whatever, on the British
Government. He failed in that also, but meanwhile, as we said before,
the three (four) young men on the island died.
"After this it would be advisable for Mr. Stefansson to hold down
his own islands."
his own islands."
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