This is a drawing by Luther Bradley, one of Mark's distant relatives. I'm not sure it's an accurate portrayal of kayak construction, but it's an interesting depiction of intrigue at the polar cap. "Stefansson" is Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a Canadian Arctic Explorer who helped establish the US Army Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory at Dartmouth. Luther Bradley was a cartoonist for the Chicago Daily News from 1899-1917. This cartoon was initially published Sep. 20, 1915 while Sefansson was in the midst of his Canadian Arctic Expedition. In fact, Stefansson has just spent 14 months exploring the ice pack.
In addition to editorial cartoons, Luther Bradley also wrote two amazing children's books: Our Indians: A Midnight Visit to the Great Somewhere-or-other and Wonderful Willie! What He and Tommy Did to Spain. I especially wish I could share Our Indians with you. Our Indians has illustrations of a flying canoe pulled by birds. I've haven't been able to find a full copy, but a few illustrations for Our Indians are here. They are marvelous pictures, well worth scanning down the page.
A few Luther Bradley Resources:
A Tribute to Luther Bradley by His Boss at the Chicago Daily News
A digitized version of his book, Cartoons by Bradley,
A short biography of Luther Bradley Another post by Allen Holtz on Luther Bradley
Scared Motherhood Poster by Luther Bradley
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