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           ThepublicknowsoftheMiskatonicExpeditionthroughourfrequentwirelessreportstotheArkhamAdvertiserandAssociatedPress,andthroughthelaterarticlesofPabodieandmyself. WeconsistedoffourmenfromtheUniversity-Pabodie,Lakeofthebiologydepartment,Atwoodofthephysicsdepartment-alsoameteorologist-andmyself,representinggeologyandhavingnominalcommand-besidessixteenassistants: sevengraduatestudentsfromMiskatonicandnineskilledmechanics. Ofthesesixteen,twelvewerequalifiedaeroplanepilots,allbuttwoofwhomwerecompetentwirelessoperators. Eightofthemunderstoodnavigationwithcompassandsextant,asdidPabodie,Atwood,andI. Inaddition,ofcourse,ourtwoships-woodenex-whalers,reinforcedforiceconditionsandhavingauxiliarysteam-werefullymanned. 

           TheNathanielDerbyPickmanFoundation,aidedbyafewspecialcontributions,financedtheexpedition; henceourpreparationswereextremelythorough,despitetheabsenceofgreatpublicity. Thedogs,sledges,machines,campmaterials,andunassembledpartsofourfiveplanesweredeliveredinBoston,andthereourshipswereloaded. Weweremarvelouslywell-equippedforourspecificpurposes,andinallmatterspertainingtosupplies,regimen,transportation,andcampconstructionweprofitedbytheexcellentexampleofourmanyrecentandexceptionallybrilliantpredecessors. Itwastheunusualnumberandfameofthesepredecessorswhichmadeourownexpedition-amplethoughitwas-solittlenoticedbytheworldatlarge. 

           Asthenewspaperstold,wesailedfromBostonHarboronSeptember2nd,1930,takingaleisurelycoursedownthecoastandthroughthePanamaCanal,andstoppingatSamoaandHobart,Tasmania,atwhichlatterplacewetookonfinalsupplies. 

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