Blair Braverman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Just go to Gnome.
I'll send you the money once you get there.
They get there.
He doesn't send the money.
No.
So they're sitting, they're waiting.
They're trying to keep the expedition a secret because they're like, oh my God, if anyone knows we're going to Wrangel Island, they'll all try to colonize it first.
Everybody wants it.
It's so valuable.
Summer is passing and they need to leave now because the ocean is going to freeze over.
Like you can't travel once fall hits.
Finally, he sends the money.
And at this point, it's late in the summer and they need to just buy everything really fast.
So they find a ship that'll drop them off.
They buy guns.
They buy food.
They buy cooking gear.
They pick up some sled dogs.
They hire Ada Blackjack.
Meanwhile, their families back home are getting pretty worried, and Stephenson has an elaborate correspondence with them.