stefansson-wrangel-09-35-028-003

URGENCY OF ACTION.

The four white men and the Eskimos of my party now in
Wrangel Island have been out of all touch with the
outside world since late September 1921. It is
essential to send a ship to the Island this year to
give those of the men in the Island who want to
leave an opportunity for doing so, and to place
other men on the Island to continue the occupation.
The convenient way to do this is to send the new
men by passenger steamer from Seattle, State of
Washington, to Nome, Alaska. The last suitable
passenger steamer leaves Seattle July 5th.

We are asking for no money from the Government
for this enterprise, but we shall have difficulty
in raising the funds privately unless we have within a few
days definite assurance that the Government intends
to continue considering Wrangel Island as a part
of the Empire.

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