Lincoln Wirt

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The Conquest of the Arctic

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ARCTIC EXPLORATION WITH CANOE AND DOG-TRAIN
AT THE RAINBOW'S END
FROZEN IN FOR EIGHT MONTHS


HORRORS OF SCURVY
TYPHOID AND FREEZING
AN OUNCE OF BREAD FOR
AN OUNCE OF GOLD
FLIGHT FOR HELP IN MIDWINTER
CAMPING OUT AT 60
DEGREES BELOW ZERO
SNOWBANK FOR PILLOW
FROZEN SHADOWS
NOONDAY DARKNESS
AURORAL GLORIES
WOLVES
FAITHFUL DOG TEAM
WHISKERS, THE NOBLEST
ROMAN OF THEM ALL
1,250-MILE TRAMP ACROSS
ICE FLOE & MOUNTAINS
TO THE OPEN SEA
THREE MONTHS ON SNOW SHOES
IN THE DEATH PACTS OF AN AVALANCHE
ESQUIMAUX HOSPITALITY
DIET OF FROZEN FISH AND SEAL BLUBBER
ESQUIMAUX SPORTS
FETISH DANCES
TREACHERY
THE LAST BARRIER
10-MILE TOBOGGAN SLIDE
DANGER AHEAD
A LEAP FOR LIFE
THE LOST SLEDGE
THE BLUE PACIFIC AT LAST
100 MILES AT SEA IN AN
OPEN SKIN CANOE
JONAH. ATTACKED BY WHALE
A STEAMER.  THE RESCUE

THE BLAZED TRAIL, NOW A NATION'S HIGHWAY



LINCOLN WIRT F.R.G.S. EXPLORER · AUTHOR · LECTURER
P. LEMOS

WHISKERS

THIS IS NOT A DRY AS DUST LECTURE.  BUT THE GRAPHIC RECITAL OF THE MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ADVENTURE SINCE PEARY'S DISCOVERY OF THE POLE.

FEW EXPLORERS HAVE THE GIFT OF POPULAR SPEECH.  MR. WIRT HAS IT.  AS PROFFESSOR BASSETT OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY PUTS IT, EVERY MOMENT IS OF GRIPPING INTEREST.

TEARS AND LAUGHTER ARE NEVER FAR APART.  BUBBLING HUMOR, ROMANTIC SITUATION AND DESCRIPTIONS OF EXQUISITE BEAUTY FAIRLY CROWD ONE ANOTHER.

COME AND HEAR ABOUT UNCLE SAM'S TREASURE-HOUSE, AND THE NATION-WIDE MOVEMENT TO CONSERVE ITS FABULOUS WEALTH FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.





Art Institute, Chicago
February 2, 1912.
Last night at Fullerton Hall, Art Institute, the 1000 members of the Polytechnic Society of Chicago gave their enthusiastic approval to Lincoln Wirt and his wonderful lecture on the Conquest of the Arctic.

He kept his audience spellbound for an hour and three quarters, and at the close the spontaneous applause called him before the curtain many times.

Speakers of national and international fame have given us of their best, but this graphic recital of adventure and achievement in the desolate north-land thrilled every listener as never before in the nine years of our lecture course.


LORADO TAFT, President
RALPH HOLMES, Secretary
MRS. JOHN B. SHERWOOD, Vice-President and Chairman



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WHO IS LINCOLN WIRT
THE CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN editorially answered this question which so many are asking, by saying: He is a worthy member of the Great Race of American Pioneers.  In walking 1200 miles through the storms and darkness of an Arctic winter to bring relief to his imperiled comrades, he has shown a spirit deserving of all praise.  Even the most hysterical Atkinsonian will have good words for Mr. Wirt.

Explorer, Author, Lecturer, former Government Commissioner, Territorial Superintendent of Education, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society—Patriotic American Citizen.  His name is a household word in his own state, California, where the State University, Stanford University, and scores of educational institutions, the Press and the Public have unqualifiedly expressed their pride in his achievements and his remarkable gifts as a platform speaker.

Out of hundreds of such testimonies we have only room for a few abbreviations:

Founded first hospital in Northern Alaska.

Established public schools nearest the North Pole.

Explored vast unknown regions and blazed the trail over which the U. S. Mail Route is now established.—U. S. History.

Mr. Writ has lectured for us three times.  For entertainment, for realistic word painting, for information and eloquence these lectures surpass all others given here.— S. B. Wilson, Supt. of Schools, Placerville, Cal.

Delivered with exceeding good taste; was thrillingly interesting from first to last.— Dr. Wm. M. Guth, Pres't University of the Pacific.

Splendid! a fascinating, thrilling recital.— Mrs. Frank Fredericks, Pres't To Kalon Club, San Francisco.

Able, realistic, admirable!  we felt acquainted with the very dogs.— Mrs. A. A. Fowler, Pres't Woman's Club, San Jose, Cal.

Inspiring from beginning to end.— Dr. Luella Carson, Pres't Mills College.

It was great!  Opera House crowded; audience captivated; everybody talking about it.— W. H. Parker, Yreka, Cal.

No address ever held our entire body of students so captivated by interest and delight.— Dr. J. F. Millspaugh, Pres't Los Angeles State Normal.

A splendid story teller; a most charming raconteur.— Los Angeles Times.

Addressed the Assembly three times, and three times more would not have satisfied it.— Detroit Press.

Made a big hit; received with greatest enthusiasm; was perfect in every way.— Dr. William Rader, 1st Presb. Church, San Francisco.

Gave his audience many a hearty laugh.— Toowoomba Chronicle.

Moved us to tears and laughter.— J. C. Southwell, Cornwall, England.

Captured our admiration and affection.— Dr. Burford Hooke, London, England.

Made us feel the awe of the universe.— J. P. S. Bodmin, England.

Packed our largest hall; enraptured a vast Manchester audience.— N. M. Hennessy, Manchester, England.

The humor, the pathos, the ever varying freshness — it was wonderful.  He charmed every hearer, touched every heart, instructed every mind.— W. E. Randall, Walthamstow, England.

I have never seen anything like it.  He kept a London audience spellbound an hour after Londoners usually take to their cabs and motors.— Price Holmes, Esq., London, England.

No more thrilling story was ever heard in the City of Belfast. — K. M. Kerr, Director Grosvenor Hall.

Note these very recent comments from Stanford University:

Mr. Wirt's story is the most vivid and thrilling narrative I ever listened to.

Dr. Grenfell's Afloat on an Ice Floe is the only other account of personal adventure to which I can at all compare it in gripping interest. — Professor Lee Emerson Bassett, Department of English.


FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
This lecture should be heard by every loyal American.  The lecturer is a gentleman of large public and professional experience; an admirable example of platform efficiency; genial, polished, and direct.  The lecture is both scholarly and popular, and cannot fail to both entertain and instruct all who hear it.  I commend both the matter and form of the address, and not the least the courtesy and culture and admirable qualities of the lecturer.— Professor Richard G. Boone, Ph.D., Department of Education.



FROM ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. Wirt's lecture before the Unitarian Club and later before the High School was certainly one of the most graphic narratives that we have ever heard.  Every one in both these audiences was held absolutely spell-bound, and when after he had spoken two hours it was necessary for us to go home, we all went with feelings of regret.

I consider this lecture of TREMENDOUS EDUCATIONAL VALUE, both for the old and young, and wish each successive class of my students could hear it.— George G. Thompson, Ph.D., Principal.



FROM THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA Feb. 25, 1912.
Considerable attention is being given, at the present time, to the solution of problems affecting our Most Northern Domain.

To those who are interested in such problems I unqualifiedly commend the lecture by Lincoln Wirt, in which he gives a most vivid insight into the mysteries of our far-off Arctic wilds.

His large audience here gave him rapt attention from the beginning, and many and emphatic expressions of approval at the close.  It was inspiring.— Benjamin F. Bledsoe, Superior Judge