The Nome nugget., 1924-05-17
HONEYMtONEI.S TO SPEND TWO YEARS ON AN ISLAND IN THE FROZEN NORTHLAND

New York - There was a woma n who went to South Africa as a bride aId enjoyed perfectly delightful Honeymoon. Taking d bride to the South Sea Islands or to the Riveria or such impossible place. has become more or less custimary to those who are not limited 10 Niagara Falls but here's d man who is going to take his bride on honeymoon in the Arctic. And it's going to last two years at that'
 He is Captain Harold Noice. His bride. who was Miss Frances Ali son, once spent brief time in Nome. Alaska; but she has enjoyed or en- dured, as the case may be. no other much colder weather than she has experienced in her nome in Engle- wood Cliff. ". J.. or in the Adrion- dacks
 Captain Noice is an explorer. from love and from experience. He re turned from Wrangel Island only recently, after he had headed a re- lief expedition there that arrived just. a bit too late 10 serve its pur- pose. Mrs. Noice is d musician of ability and also is well known in so- ciety
 She is keen about this honeymoon idea. The prospect of spending two years with her husband, sharing him with no one or nothing but few scattered Eskimos, is delightful to her He, too, is keen on the same grounds. And he Eskimos. who have had nothing whatever to say atout it, also are probably certain to he keen. because Captain Noice eX- poets to benefit them in many ways.
 First White Woman
 The honevmoonerS are going to live off an island. A bit of place it k. hardly more than q blot on the map which shows the northern coast oi North American many times mag niiird from the usual map It is called King William Island, and it is just at the end of the Northwest Passage
 Speaking of the Northwest Pass age recalls. too, that Mrs. Noire. when she goes north. will have an added distinction. More than being the first white woman to spend honeymoon on King William Island. she will be the first white woman ever to go there, and she also will be the first white woman ever to at tempt to negotiate the Northwest Passa ge-itself no harmless outdoor sport.
 They will leave New York in a trifiirg sort of schooner. which is G; lied the Frances for obvious req sons. They will ramble south along the coast and will go through the Panama Canal Then they will go North along Vancouver and the Can adian shore to Boring Straits. thru Coronation Gulf. passing Victoria Land, to King William Island. They plan to arrive in summer so as to get settled before the real rough weather comes along.
 C'r.w of Flight
 Busy weeks have been spent pre- pairing for the voyage. The Frances has been completely overhauled: food and stores of all kinds have been taken aboard. Nearly 20,0oo pounds of hard tack have been stor- eL aboard to provide for crew of eight to last two years.
 As unusual and unique as the voy- age is. it will also be one of great importance, for Captain Noire and his wife expect to record Eskimo life aa 1t really Is.
 Discussing his plans. he said:
 "The Eskmos cling closer to the Stone Age than any other race, but their numbers are decreasing. and as the hand of civilization reaches out toward them their life slowly begins to change.
 Fast Vanishing Race
 This is last chance to reproduce the old life and record the primitive existence of strange race. The Eskimos have no history. not even a primitive history, but I have great faith in their traditions.
 ct is largely with view of rec ording their history, of collecting relics of their past. that we set forth or this expedition. Already the evil influence of so-called civilization has reached toward them. Trappers of tke Hudson Ray COmDany are bepin-