In 1914, he was given a chance to travel to New Guinea accompanying anthropologist R.R. Marett, but as World War I broke out and Malinowski was an Austrian subject, and thereby an enemy of the British commonwealth, he was unable to travel back to England.
En 1914 déronlle a oportunidade de viaxar a Nova Guinea co antropólogo R.R. Marett, pero como estalou a primeira guerra mundial e Malinowski era austríaco, inimigo da Commonwealth británica, non puido realizar a súa viaxe de volta de Inglaterra.