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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Job" data-source="post: 2762192" data-attributes="member: 37196"><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><p style="text-align: center">August 23, 1933</p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Dear Øyvind Raknes,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Thank you for your letter of the 19th. It is indeed a great pleasure to approve your application to become a team member of the Starkweather—Moore Expedition of 1933. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">First, let me congratulate you on your extraordinary determination and successes within the rigorous demands of your Nordic clime.  Our expedition will include four dozen dogs of varying temperment, along with their sleds and other requisite equipment, and I’m sure that we will greatly benefit from your expertise in this area. Add to that your experiences in working the fishing lanes along the Norwegian Sea, and the necessary competence with nautical trips and gear, and I cannot help but feel that you will be of primary help in assuring our glory and accolades! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This is a noble endeavor that you have committed yourself to, Sir! The Antarctic environment is unforgiving and alien, and only the most seasoned and courageous of adventurers would dare to tread that shunned continent. I can say without worry of contradiction that even the great Christopher Columbus would have hesitated at the thought of such an expedition!  This will be a landmark achievement in all of the history of mankind and at the end of your days, the last thing you will remember is the vast snowy plains of the Antarctic, and the cold white peaks of the Miskatonic Mountains!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As soon as you are able, please be so kind as to report to Dr. Moore at the SS Gabrielle. Pier 74-B, 12th Avenue at 34th, next to the Italian Royal Mail berth.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Sincerely,</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">James Starkweather</p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Expedition Leader</p><p></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><p style="text-align: center"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Goudy stout'">Amherst Hotel</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Goudy stout'">8th Avenue and 44th Street</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Goudy stout'">New York City, New York</span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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