Telegram from Ralph Lomen to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 26 September 1922

^ Lomen ^

1922 SEP 26 PM 9 55

EAA337 9 7 COLLECT NL VIA SEATTLE 1/69

NOME ALASKA SEPT 25

V STEFFANSON ^ Fi ^ ^065^ ^ Fi ^ ^ [illegible: illegible] ^ CARE HARVARD CLUB NEWYORK NY

TEDDY BEAR UNSUCCESSFUL LEFT AUGUST TWENTIETH PLANNING VIA POINTHOPE NORTHERLY GALE ALTERED COURSE ENCOUNTERED ICE EASTCAPE TWENTY FOURTH CAPEVANKERN TWENTY EIGHTH SCHOONER AMY SOUTH BOUND REPORTED SILVERWAVE AND BLUESEA FROZEN IN FIFTEEN MILES FROM NORTHCAPE USING TACKLE GOT OUT AND MADE OBSERVATIONS TOP CAPESERGE SEPTEMBER FOURTH NEXT DAY ENTERED LEAD COVERED NEW ICE MUCH DIFFICULTY MADE POINT FIFTY FIVE MILES WEST CAPESERGE ENCOUNTERED ARTIC PACK PROPELLER DAMAGED CONSULTATION

1922 SEP 26 PM 9 55

EAA3 37 SHEET 2/28

ENTIRE PARTY DECIDED RETURN REACHED NOME TWENTY THIRD STOP CARGO RETURNED HERE NOT YET ACCEPTED BERNARD NOW AT SAFETY ALL NAVIGATORS HERE PREDICTED FAILURE DUE UNUSUAL ICE CONDITIONS RALPH LOMEN.