NPCs

This is a list of people, places, things and events relevant to the campaign. Any time they appear in a blog post or wiki, it will automatically be linked to its definition.

Detective J.J. Hansen

A homicide detective with the New York Police Department.

Nicholas Roerich

A Russian artist, archaeologist, philanthropist, and public figure, he is an expatriate living abroad.

Starkweather-Moore Expedition

Alan "Colt" Huston

One of the expedition's mechanics, Alan is a handsome, wiry ladies' man used to the cold winters of the Midwest.

A handsome, wiry, Midwestern ladies' man, Colt Huston has survived many North Dakotan winters. He has dozens of "this is nothing" stories about repairing tractors and other farm equipment in hundred mile-an-hour Arctic gales with sleet and lightning. Astoundingly, he is able to spin these tales a's he makes expert repairs. He is a congenial sort, although he has a compulsion to top just about any story he hears. He gets along well with fellow mechanics Longfellow and Miles.

Albert Gilmore

One of the drilling technicians, Gilmore is an excellent mechanic with horrible burn scars from the Great War.

People's first impression of Albert Gilmore is his scarred, discolored face; Gilmore was one of the last people to face German flame throwers in the Great War. As a result, he has no hair on his head, nor any external earlobes. Despite his disconcerting appearance, he is an excellent mechanic, and he looks forward to a long stint in the cold. Optimistic to a fault, Gilmore is hardworking and will remain upbeat about the expedition despite many disasters. More than anyone else in the expedition, Gilmore will fall in love with the raw, pristine beauty of Antarctica.

Avery Giles

A graduate student and Myers' assistant, Avery is a born deal-maker. If you need it, he can get it.

A born deal-maker, Giles immediately sets about discovering the interests and specialties of everyone in the expedition. If the investigators need something, their best bet is to go to Avery Giles, who is the ace dog-robber with the expedition. Although his work always gets done on time, one rarely sees Giles working. He is usually talking to someone who is both working and negotiating with Giles. As an undergraduate, he was also clever as an actor, and is still fond of declaiming long passages from famous plays and poems.

Charles Myers (Charles) (Myers)

A tall, athletic arcaheologist from the University of Chicago, he is excited about the possibility of a pre-human civilization in Antarctica.

Myers is a tall, strong man in athletic trim. Throughout the expedition, he is excited about the archaeological possibilities of Antarctica, and will gently but consistently press investigators for whatever tidbits they may know about the previous expedition. He is fascinated with the possibility of a pre-human Antarctic civilization, and has read some of the more speculative books on the sub-ject. Myers was the boxing champ of his graduating class. Avery Giles is his graduate assistant

Charlie Porter

Willard Griffith's graduate assistant, he has the distinction of being both older than his mentor and African-American.

Charlie Porter is almost unique in this era, a non-white graduate student of middle age who is able to pay cash while studying full time. Porter jumped at the chance to do research in the Antarctic. Although quiet and erudite, Porter was once a miner and pit foreman in California, and is significantly more knowledgeable about practical geology than Griffith. He never brings this up. Though now a man of some means, Porter's thick hands betray the fact that he has not always been prosperous, nor an academic. An energetic man, he is often to be found helping the Pabodie drill team once the expedition reaches Lake's Camp.

David Packard

Team boss and sergeant-at-arms, Packard is competent and a good judge of character.

Outwardly a rough-and-tumble sort, team leader David Packard was expecting significantly less work when he signed onto the Starkweather-Moore expedition. He hides a sensitive, artistic side that only comes out when he is in the company of trusted friends. Competent and a good judge of character, Packard quickly sees that Moore is the real power behind the expedition, despite Starkweather's bluster. Packard will try to. reason quietly with Moore rather than win arguments with Starkweather.Packard begins the expedition with optimism, but he has a bleaker feeling by the time the Gabrielle reaches Antarctica. If he returns from the expedition, he swears off adventure and passes his bar exams.

Douglas Halperin

One of the expedition's pilots, Douglas is a bookish, quiet, and good-natured fellow. He went mad after seeing the Nameless God.

Originally from upstate New York, Douglas Halperin (now 30) was too young to fly during the Great War. He became enamored of flying at a young age however, and despite the wishes of his conservative, upper middle-class, Jewish parents, he became a pilot. He has flown commercially for nearly 10 years, and is competent and no-nonsense in the air. He is always ready to take what comes and go along for the ride.

He went mad after seeing the Nameless God. He was shot and killed by Jeeves Weisenthal at the City of the Elder Things.

Douglas Orgelfinger

A doggedly loyal and hard-working graduate student, he is Pierce Ablemarle's assistant.

Douglas Orgelfinger is the ideal graduate student: doggedly loyal, intelligent without being creative, and able to go long periods without rest or food. Orgelfinger is willing to push himself to the utmost if necessary for the exwtion, but he has done so too many times already, and repeated feats of endurance without significant rest wear him down. Orgelfinger will usually be found in Albemarle's shadow, running errands for his patrician mentor.

Enke Fiskarson

One of the dog wranglers, Fiskarson is a gentle giant who cares more for the dogs than other people.

Dogs know an alpha when they meet one, and they always agree to obey Fiskarson. He is a bwly bear of a man, standing well over six feet, with white-blond hair and enormous hands. He is one of the gentlest people in the expedition. He has found his life's love in his dogs; he cares more for them than he does for any person. Originally, Fiskarson was going to lead the sled teams, but Starkweather switched two names on a roster, so Pulaski is now the team leader.

Gregor Pulaski

The sled team chief, Pulaski is a big, happy Polish man with a good heart.

Pulaski is a big, happy Pole who loves all his dogs and knows them by name and personality. His round face always has a bright smile and a wave for anyone he meets. On the trail, to comfort his dogs, Pulaski often will sing Polish folk songs loud enough for the lead dog to hear. His first concern is for his dogs, not the expedition, and he absolutely refuses to push his dogs beyond their limits. He knows he is going to lose dogs on the expedition, everyone does. Anyone intentionally hurting the dogs will be confronted by a furious Pulaski, who has no compunctions about using his truncheon on humans. He will not easily forgive such trespasses. Pulaski spends a good deal of time hanging out with Sorensen and Lopez.

Gunnar Sorenson

A Norwegian polar guide and mountaineer, he is the happy-go-lucky brother of Nils Sorenson.

As with his older brother Nils, long stretches of arctic winter appear to have leached all color from Gunnar Sorensen. Still, the brothers' personalities could not be more opposite. Gumar is happy and companionable, contrasting with Nils' coldness. Happy to meet people, and willing to pitch in energetically whenever asked, Gunnar quickly becomes one of the most popular people on the expedition. Unlike Nils, Gunnar is willing to explain the deadly serious nature of his advice.

Hidalgo Cruz

One of the camp workers and originally from the mountains of Bolivia, Cruz is a burly man with tremendous endurance.

He is a burly man with an extraordinarily barrel-like chest. As wide as the proverbial barn door, Cruz is not the brightest member of the expedition, but he interprets instructions well, solves problems ingeniously and with humor, and is seemingly untiring. Raised on the bleak Alto Plano in Bolivia, Cruz suffers little from the hypoxia that afflicts the expedition on the Plateau. He has been on several of Starkweather's expeditions, but is less pleased to be in on this one. He was mamed less than a year and a half ago, and left his wife and twin baby girls in Argentina. However, he knows that the money he makes on the expedition can help feed his family for years. Cruz has a deep yeaming for justice, and honors whoever sides with the weak.

James Starkweather (Starkweather)

One of the expedition's leaders, he is an English gentleman-explorer. Charismatic and overbearing, he is hard to get along with at times. He was killed in the City of the Elder Things.

James Starkweather is the younger son of a respectable but no longer rich family of the English gentry. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he entered the civil service after accepting a staff position in Rhodesia in 1914. He entered the service as a lieutenant during the Great War, and was quickly promoted to captain. He was cited for personal bravery in putting down native uprisings in Rhodesia, but the casualty rate among his men was high. After the war he became a guide in Kenya for several years. In 1920 he acted as a safari guide for the wealthy American socialite Acacia Lexington. Despite his celebrated rescue of the young heiress during a tragic flood in the Congo, bad blood has developed between the two. His fame led to further expeditions, this time further afield and with a more academic bent. These included the Chandler Foundation's exploration of Australia's Great Southern Desert, Miskatonic University's Himalayan expedition of 1925, and the journey of the airship Italia to the North Pole in 1928. Despite the airship's crash and that expedition's disastrous end (and his losses during the stock market crash of 1929) he managed to save face and went into a comfortable semi-retirement. Now in his forties, he nevertheless agreed to head this challenging expedition to Antarctica as a favor to his good friend, Doctor Henry Moore.

Bold, confident, and driven, Starkweather can be difficult and overbearing at times. He definitely a "man's man" and is often chauvanistic and condescending to even the most competent women he meets.

He was killed by the Elder Ones after being abducted from their city on December 6th. His head was recovered from the control room of the Elder Pharos by Acacia Lexington.

Lawrence Longfellow

One of the expedition's mechanics, Lawrence is a shy fellow with a stutter, He is fast, efficient, and quiet.

Longfellow is a shy, pudgy man with thinning brown hair, unremarkable brown eyes, and a hint of a stutter. Whenever possible, he retreats behind engines and machinery, leaving the talking to Huston. Unlike his garrulous coworker, Longfellow prefers to take his orders and quickly do the repairs. They make an excellent team, as Huston attracts all the attention, leaving Longfellow to do his work in peace. Away from the machines, he is quiet, and effort must be made out get him out of his shell. Those who get close to him are his friends for life; Longfellow is extremely loyal, especially to his fellow mechanics Huston and Miles.

Louis Laroche

Radio technician and operator for the expedition, this stocky Canadian has a pleasant voice and easygoing attitude.

A Canadian, Laroche is a stocky man with a voice that is a pleasure to hear over the radio. He intends to kick his cigarette habit during the voyage to Antarctica. That said, nicotine withdrawal can leave even the most easygoing sort a sour, snappish person. One must be careful lest this attitude become a habit.

Maurice Cole

A camp worker, this young man is wiry and scrappy by nature.

Maurice Cole is a compact mass of muscle and leverage with short, brown hair and surprisingly pretty green eyes set into his boyish face. Although younger and smaller than Cruz and Lopez, and lacking the brute force the other two workers offer, Cole compensates with an excellent knowledge of applied leverage. He can be distressingly scrappy when not otherwise occupied, although the gentle temperament of the other workers stifles serious encounters during the voyage south. Once on Antarctica, there is too much to do for him to get worked up.

Michael O'Doul

A drill technician and devout Catholic, O'Doul is a fussy man and a bit of a worrier.

A small fussy man, O'Doul is one big knot of worry. He constantly fidgets with the machinery, hoping to get it to operate a fraction of a percentile more efficiently. He is never far from the drill, and admonishes all those transporting the pieces to be careful. Nothing irritates him more than Gilmore's ability to fix a major problem in ten seconds by tightening a bolt. A devout man, O'Doul always offers a brief prayer of thanks before eating, and rigidly abstains from alcohol and swearing.

Moorehouse Bryce

A young professor of Palentology from the University of California at Berkeley, he is a hard working, upbeat scientist.

Morehouse Bryce is a newly-minted associate professor of Paleontology at the University of California at Berkeley. As a life-long resident of San Francisco, Bryce is somewhat prepared for the numbing temperatures of Antarctica, but poor Bryce, much like Sam McGee, can never quite get warm, or even very comfortable on the polar continent. Despite his constant unhappiness, Bryce is a dogged worker and tries to encourage anyonwho appears to be more miserable than he. Bryce has a head of curly black hair, brown eyes, and appears to be about 25 years old. His graduate assistant is Tim Cartier. Starkweather refers to the Bryce-Cartier team as "the boys."

He and Timothy Cartier were killed by a cave-in during the earthquake that struck the Miskatonic Mountains.

Nils Sorenson

A Norwegian polar guide and mountaineer, he is the dour brother of Gunnar Sorenson.

The older Sorensen brother is tall and nearly colorless, with pale Norwegian skin and fine, virtually white hair that grows down past his shoulders. The pale blue eyes resemble ice water, and they study sky or horizon more comfortably than a nearby person. Sorensen's lips are thin and bloodless, usually set with an air of cold determination. He is admirable for his extraordinary economy of words, seldom stringing more than two sentences together, and he never repeats himself. Even Starkweather's bluster makes no dint in Nils' icy exterior, although Gunnar will often act as intermediary to soften his brother's uncompromising attitude. Nils is a thorough fatalist; only raw strength and swift understanding of the environment will allow humans to survive the Antarctic. If the Ice is not understood, people will die.

Olav Snabjorn

One of the dog wranglers, Snabjorn is a short man who is nevertheless good with the dogs.

Olav is significantly shorter than the other two dog-wranglers, which makes him doubly close to the dogs. While Fiskarson and Pulaski love their dogs, Snlbjorn takes the opportunity to play with them every day. He can often be found wrestling with the dogs in the snow, or holding pemmican over his head to get the dogs to jump for it. "Dem dogs, dey smarter den you here, hey?" Snlbjorn is simple and devoted in his affection for his animal friends; they don't lie, stab you in the back, or cheat on you.

Patrick Miles

A strong, capable Irish mechanic with a dark sense of humor, Patrick Miles works well with the rest of the crew, despite his constant complaints.

Miles is a well-built man with curly, reddish hair and a pale complexion that hints at his Irish heritage. Strong, capable, and devoted, Miles' only flaw is that he is a complainer. His dark humor and morose personality make it seem that he is always dissatisfied, worried about possible disasters, and forever uncertain of the future. He gets along well with fellow mechanics Huston and Longfellow.

Miles was taken by the Elder Things at their city, following the earthquake that struck the Mountains of Madness. He no doubt met a grisly fate at the Elder Pharos.

Peter Sykes

A rugged, optimistic Canadian explorer and outdoorsman, he is an experienced guide who loves a challenge.

This Canadian is a rugged adventurer of average height, with long limbs and a narrow, wide-mouthed face and black hair. Aggressive and optimistic, he loves challenges and risks, and is often ready with a wisecrack or a joke.

Pierce Albemarle

A meteorologist from Oberlin College, he is a friendly, high-society sort with expensive, refined tastes.

Pierce Albemarle, scion of the Bridgeport Albernarles, is a slightly portly young man with a fashionable mustache and a monocle on his right eye for reading. He is a friendly sort, and
although unused to heavy work, contributes readily to any group effort requiring assistance. Albemarle is used to the finer things in life, and even in Antarctica the investigators will find his tent redolent with the fragrance of some fine oolong tea. Given the small comfort of good tea, Pierce ably faces any disaster with little more than a brief frown. His graduate assistant is Douglas Orgelfinger.

Ralph DeWitt

One of the expedition's pilots, Ralph is a veteran of the Great War. Sullen on the ground, he comes alive in the air.

Like many fliers after the Great War, Ralph DeWitt has drifted through life, at a loss for what to do with himself. He has been a barnstormer, a stunt flier, and a test pilot, but none of these occupations has given him the thrill that flying in the Great War did. DeWitt looks forward to the challenge of flying a heavily-loaded plane into treacherous Antarctic winds. Despite this, DeWitt knows his limits, and is aware that other lives hang on his skill as a pilot; he will not take off into utterly impossible conditions.

DeWitt is a blocky, hairy man, with black hair and dark brown eyes, who seems somewhat withdrawn or sullen on the ground. Only when he is fighting against the savage Antarctic winds, or telling a story about it, will his face split in a wide grin.

Richard Greene

A young physician with the heart of a daredevil, Greene signed on to the expedition as a challenge. He was abducted and killed by the Elder Things.

At the peak of his physical condition, and intense, Doctor Greene has conquered medicine and is looking for a new challenge. He is up for virtually anything that could be proposed, from climbing extraneous mountains to naked hundred yard dashes in the snow, so long as he has someone else to egg him on and tackle the challenge with him. He will not take truly foolish or medically hazardous risks. Subtle challenges will be more likely to catch his interest. Wise investigators herd him far away from Starkweather. Physically, Greene is lean, youthful, and has the natural grace of a dancer.

He was abducted by the Elder Ones from their city on the high plateau on December 6th and killed shortly thereafter. His head was recovered from the control room of the Elder Pharos by Evelyn Dubois.

Samuel Winslow

A graduate student and would-be glaciologist, he is a legitimate genius if a little eccentric.

More than anyone else on the exmtion, Winslow is a certifiable genius. Although he is ostensibly studying glaciology, he knows a great deal about the majority of the disciplines represented on the exmtion. Unfortunately, his mind works so quickly that many people are unable to keep up with the whipsaw rapidity of his ideas. Winslow appears to be terribly disorganized - papers with scribbles and doodles lie in the snow of his tent or bunk, and must be shoveled aside in order to move around in the small space. This impression of disorganization is misleading- Winslow makes notes only to jog his memory; his ideas remain clear in his mind. He is hard-working and cheerful, although people tend to find his humor a little strange. He also plays poker with ghoulish verve.

Timothy Cartier

A graduate student from the University of California at Berkeley, he is Moorehouse's assistant and friend.

Timothy Cartier and Moorehouse Bryce entered the University of California the same year, and became fast friends in their fresh- men year. Bryce has proved more adept at navigating the obstacles of academia, and has subsequently become an assistant professor while Bryce is still a graduate student. The two remain inseparable friends, and they work much more as a team rather than a standard mentor-student relationship. Cartier appears very young, like Bryce, but with light brown hair and piercing green eyes.

He and Moorehouse Bryce were killed by a cave-in during the earthquake that struck the Miskatonic Mountains.

Tomas Lopez

A shy gardener recruited from Miskatonic University, he is a hard-working man with an interest in biology.

A strong, likable gardener recruited at Miskatonic University, Lopez is as hard and uncomplaining a worker as the expedition could wish for. Off-shift, he is shy and deferential, and indeed quite surprised that he was chosen for this trip. Initially, Lopez feels more at home with Colt or the Sorensens than among the university-educated, but that hesitancy passes once he works shoulder-to-shoulder on the frozen continent. Once the Barrier camp is established, he will gladly join any excursions to look for living lichens and mosses or examine fossils of the long-dead plant life of Antarctica.

Willard Griffith

A brilliant young geologist from Cornell University, he realizes this trip to Antarctica may make his career.

Professor Griffith is a rising young geologist, adept at linking and explaining other people's ideas. Griffith is not excited about this trip to Antarctica, but this long, unpleasant trip will advance his career considerably. As one of the few, prominent African-American academics in America, Griffith believes he has a duty to be a role model and an example in an era when tolerance was rarely accorded. He has researched Starkweather's expeditions, and feels uneasy about his leadership. Consequently. Griffith will always try to get Moore involved with any Starkweather decision that he does not agree with. He often
grumbles about Starkweather into his large mustache, in Esperanto.

William Moore (Moore) (Professor Moore)

A brilliant geologist and paleontologist from Miskatonic University, he is co-leader of the expedition to Antarctica.

Originally from a small town in Missouri, William Hannibal Moore is a brilliant prodigy who managed, at the age of 16, to receive a full academic scholarship from Miskatonic University. A credit to his mentor, geology department chairman William Dyer, he graduated summa cum laude at the age of 20. His graduate work at Yale was interrupted by service in the Great War, but he returned to earn his doctorate. He returned to Miskatonic University to teach, and became interested in the use of advanced techniques such as radiocarbon dating. Organizing and leading expeditions to the Arctic, the Himalayas, and South Africa, he was installed as the chair of Miskatonic University's newly-created paleontology department in 1929. Given the academic and financial freedom to continue his research. After a successful expedition to Costa Rica with his friend, celebrated explorer James Starkweather (who he met during Miskatonic University's expedition to the Himalayas), he prepared to tackle his greatest challenge - Antarctica.

A bout of pneumonia kept him from accompanying the university's ill-fated Lake Expedition in 1930, but despite the returning Dyer's admonitions, he nevertheless forged ahead with plans for a follow-up journey to the southern ice. Despite William Dyer's attempts to block the expedition after funding was provided by Captain James Smythe, benefactor of the Smythe chair, the trip was authorized after his friend Starkweather was brought on to organize the affair.

Quiet, unassuming, and professional, Doctor Moore is nevertheless resolute in his plans to discover the palentological wonders hidden beneath the Antarctic ice. Though he defers to Starkweather on most of the expedition's decisions, all academic and scientific matters begin and end with Moore's approval.
Barsmeier-Falken Expedition

Doctor Hugo Eckener

Captain of the Graf Zeppelin, he is the director of DELAG and the Zeppelin Company, and is piloting the vessel as a favor to the German government.

Doctor Eckener was a political economist and journalist when hired by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin as flight director for DELAG in 1909. He quickly learned the engineering and scientific skills needed to design and pilot dirigibles, and is the finest airship handler alive. Of course, the Graf Zeppelin is currently one of only three dirigibles in existence. Eckener is capable of astounding feats of stamina, remaining alert for days on end during zeppelin flights. He demands caution, intelligence, and a profound knowledge of airship physics and meteorology from his crews; his demands for discipline and formality are taxing; and his patience for fools is non-existent. Despite (or because of) all of this, his crews are devoted to him, and he instills confidence in his passengers.

A married man, he lives in Friedrichshafen. His son Knut is aboard the Graf Zeppelin as the chief engineer. Doctor Eckener, as managing director of both the Zeppelin Company and DELAG since 1922, only pilots the Graf Zeppelin on unusual missions - such as this one to Antarctica. He is an outspoken anti-Nazi. Heavy set and long faced, with a gray mustache and bags under his eyes, Doctor Eckener is intensely formal, even in the worst situations.

Doctor Johann Meyer (Johann Meyer) (Meyer)

Head of the BFE's team at Lake's camp, he is the expedition's resident archaelogist, linguist, and occultist.

Johann Meyer is the head occultist of the expedition, as well as an archaeologist. He is fluent in many languages. His archaeological studies have mostly focused on ancient European and Middle Eastern civilizations. He also was a junior officer in the German Army in the Great War, serving on the staff of General Otto Liman von Sanders in Turkey. He saw no combat, although for the last six months of the war he was posted to General von Sanders' forward headquarters in Nazareth. His service with von Sanders was almost entirely as a translator and liaison with the Turks.

His demeanor is diplomatic. He has a broad, almost intuitive grasp of languages. His wife and two young sons are at home in Berlin. Doctor Meyer is comfortable with the commercial bent behind the Barsmeier-Falken Expedition; while he deplores any loss of possible knowledge, he is practical enough to realize there could never be such an effort spent on Antarctic research without the backing of government or industry. Meyer is tall and thin, with a neatly trimmed white beard and intense blue eyes. Farsighted, he wears glasses for reading.

He went mad at the Elder Pharos, and was later taken by the Elder Things at their city following the earthquake that struck the Mountains of Madness. He no doubt met a grisly fate at their...hands.

Doctor Maxwell Rucker (Maxwell Rucker) (Rucker)

A geologist and member of the BFE at Lake's camp.

Maxwell Rucker is the geologist accompanying the German group to Lake's Camp. He has no interest in hlstory, soft sciences such as anthropology, or even the elder things (after an initial raised eyebrow). Logic is his deity, and in Antarctica Doctor Klaus Falken is his priest. Rucker will insist that any deviation from profitable goals be reported to Falken for approval; fortunately for Doctor Meyer and Doctor Professor Uhr, Rucker is also a slave to hierarchy. Despite his meek appearance, Rucker is a ruthless man. Rucker is a pinkish, fat-faced individual with searching brown eyes that look everywhere in the eyes of the person he is talking to, giving him an appearance of perpetual guilt. His voice is usually soft and toneless.

He was driven mad by the sight of the Nameless God and became obsessed with the idea of sharing what the Barsmeier-Falken Expedition discovered with the rest of the world. He was gut-shot by Halperin however, and fled with Baumann. He was killed by Dr. William Scott Tyson via a morphine overdose to prevent him from sharing the secrets of the Elder Pharos.

Doctor Otto Schick (Doctor Schick) (Schick)

The BFE's team physician at Lake's camp. He is older and appears mildly depressed.

Doctor Otto Schick is a burned-out man, whose excellent medical skills and reputation mask a dangerous decline into alcoholism and depression. Family tragedies, financial disasters, embarrassing romantic episodes, ill health, and the awareness of his plunge into fascism have left him bitter and cynical. He is not fond of the Ice; Doctor Falken hired him as one of the expedition's doctors as a personal favor (Schick would be bankrupt otherwise). He is divorced, and has lived most recently in Vienna, Austria. Schick is overweight, and frostbite has turned his nose permanently red - a point of shame for him. His treatment for frostbite (in accord with the standards of the time) calls for rubbing the affected parts with snow; this actually can cause more damage, and has no therapeutic value.

Doctor Professor Franz Uhr (Doctor Professor Uhr) (Uhr)

Friendly and surprisingly insightful, he is the BFE's senior anthropologist and cryptographer.

Doctor Professor Uhr of the University of Dresden is a leading anthropologist and cryptographer, although he has been included in the expedition supposedly for his cartographic skills. An intensely curious man, he uses his jovial mannerisms and shrewd
intuition to pry information from people. Uhr is unmarried. He is not proud of his service as a spy-catcher during the war, and avoids the subject of wartime experience. Like Doctor Meyer, Uhr is easily able to manipulate Doctor Falken. He dislikes Josef Barsmeier (a fact he disguises well, even from Barsmeier) as a narrow-minded Prussian. He was invited to participate on the expedition by Doctor Meyer, who was aware of his wartime contributions. He is aware of the strange information that has contributed to the formation of the expedition. Doctor Professor Uhr needs the money this expedition can provide, and rather enjoys small adventures. He is short and balding, perhaps 30 pounds overweight, with a constant smile gathering crow's feet around his merry blue eyes. He has a white spade beard and thin white hair.

Gregor Schimmel (Schimmel)

Radio operator for the BFE's team at Lake's camp, he is an unpleasant individual.

Gregor Schimrnel is the senior radio operator assigned to the team at Lake's Camp. He is in charge of maintaining contact with the main body of the Barsmeier-Falken Expedition on the Ice inland from the Weddell Sea. He is an unpleasant, bigoted man, chosen for his secretive personality and skill with radio equipment. He knows some of the truth about the sources of Barsmeier's and Falken's information about Antarctica, since he encrypts and decrypts important messages for the expedition. Mildly paranoid, he pretends that he speaks only German, and liberally uses the rankest obscenities in his native tongue. Schimmel is thin and balding, with a perpetual frown. He already has been treated for second degree frostbite in his hands when he arrives at Lake's Camp, and will no doubt experience more trouble with the cold. His usual problem is to avoid touching cold metal with his bare hands, resulting in first degree frostbite.

Gunter Thimm (Thimm)

Lead dog handler with the BFE's team at Lake's camp, he is an effete and difficult man.

Gunter Thirnm is the head dog handler for the German team. He is an effete man with an aristocratic air about him that reminds one of a strutting ballerina. Because of his demeanor, he is pointedly ignored by most of the team members. However, Thimm can urge his dogs to efforts achievable by no one else. This has earned him respect from the other dog handlers (at the Weddell base camp). He is also skilled at boxing, which he has had to demonstrate several times since the arrival of the expedition in Antarctica.

Herman Baumann (Baumann)

Chief pilot of the BFE, he is more concerned with image than safety.

Herman Baumann, chief pilot of the Barsmeier-Falken expedition, is a dashing man in the image of heroic pilots from the movies. Concerned more with image than safety, he is nonetheless a capable aviator. He was chosen for the expedition because of his connections in upper-class society and for his cold-weather flight experience in Sweden and Finland. If not closely supervised, he will do hair-raising stunts, such as the low-level flyby upon his arrival at Lake's Camp. He is skilled enough to pull such things off-so far. He is an excellent aircraft mechanic, since there are rarely machine shops handy in the Arctic. He is an experienced alpinist, and also a member of the Schwiibische Hohlenverein (a spelunking society). He has extensively explored a number of European cave systems. Class is more important to him than nationality, though he is relatively unbigoted for his time. He is certainly aware of his attractiveness to women and the media, and tries not to look too eager for the attentions of either-but welcomes both. Baumann resembles Errol Flynn, tall and athletic, with a thin mustache, long silk scarf, and leather helmet. His English is perfect, with a faint British upper-class accent.

Hugo Grosswirth (Grosswirth)

An aircraft mechanic with the BFE team at Lake's camp.

Hugo Grosswirth is a strong, skilled and helpful man-and very loyal to Barsmeier and Falken. He enjoys polar exploring, likes to be helpful, and seems to get by without sleep. His specialty is aircraft: engines, airframe, and controls. His skills are essential to the success of the German team at Lake's Camp. He has a girlfriend in Chemnitz. He is a tall, blond fellow, and in the last month has grown a scrappy beard.

Johann Benecke (Benecke)

A mechanic and scrounger with the BFE at Lake's camp.

Benecke is the engineer sent with the German team to Lake's Camp. He designed and operates their snow and ice removal machinery, repairs aircraft, and generally mends broken equipment. He is very friendly, and seems to have a nearly inexhaustible supply of cheap brandy, which he is glad to share. He enjoys playing cards-especially skat. He claims to be a poor poker player; this is true, at fust, but Benecke learns fast.

Benecke is a venal, visionless man, cunning but not violent. High wages brought him here. The opportunities to swipe, er, scrounge materiel from other exmtions are many; and the temptation to bring back his own samples of valuable Antarctic finds will be strong. Doctor Meyer and Professor Uhr became aware of his proclivities during the voyage from Germany, and at the BFE's Weddell base used him to improve their team's equipment at the expense of other teams within the exwtion. With an almost ape-like physique, Benecke is also valuable for his strong back.

Josef Stoltz (Stoltz)

The alternate radio operator with BFE's team at Lake's camp, he is a quiet and religious young man.

A quiet, religious man, Josef Stoltz is the alternate watch radioman for the BFE team at Lake's Camp. He often apologizes quietly to persons who have been insulted by Schimmel, his boss. He is far more careful than his boss about touching cold surfaces without gloves; as a result, he works slower, but has fewer injuries. He is unmarried, and comes from Munich. Stoltz's hair is red, and he wears glasses. He will spend some of his off-duty time reading the Bible.

He was killed after falling in a crevasse during the earthquake that struck the Miskatonic Mountains.

Karol Breyer (Breyer)

Copilot with the BFE's team at Lake's camp, he is a mild-mannered and rational.

A veteran of the Great War, Karol Breyer has since worked for Lufthansa as a mechanic and pilot. A mild-mannered man, he has a good reputation as a careful navigator. He makes a good match with Herman Baumann, except that he is unlikely to object strongly enough to stifle Baumann's stunts. Breyer is not talkative, but willingly pitches in to help with chores and unpleasant work. He loses a lot of skin starting air- plane engines while Herman Baumann leans out of the cockpit, shouting encouragement. He has a quiet wife and a young daughter at home in Potsdam. Breyer is unexceptional in appearance; he walks with a slight limp.

Martin Kleiser (Kleiser)

A meteorologist with the BFE team at Lake's camp. He is a bit absent-minded.

Kleiser is a weatherman, and the archetypal absent-minded scientist. Unmarried, he lives in Bremerhaven. He enjoys fishing and strange weather - an unexpected snowstorm brings out a cry of "Isn't zis vonderful?" He is a squinty-eyed individual wika sparse blond beard and spectacles that are in constant need of de-fogging. Most of his time is spent looking at the sky, which often causes him to trip over unnoticed obstacles
Crew of the SS Gabrielle

Adam Henning (Henning)

One of the messboys aboard the Gabrielle, this young steward was behind the sabotage of the ship.

One of the stewards aboard the SS Gabrielle, Henning turned out to be the mastermind behind the sabotage of the Starkweather-Moore Expedition. His grudge appeared to be personal against James Starkweather, but he would not reveal what caused it and Starkweather had never heard of Henning. As it turns out, his older brother died during a mountaineering expedition with Starkweather when his rope was cut to save other climbers. Henning blamed Starkweather's incompetence. Did he have a collaborator, or worse yet a patron?

Arthur Ballard

Second officer of the Gabrielle, this native New Yorker is cool under pressure and a fast learner.

Ballard is an observant, outgoing New Yorker who is still learning the ropes of his job. He lacks Twlow's and Vredenburgh's experience, but he cornpensates with dedication, a cool head, and the ability to learn quickly. As his experience increases, so does his confidence; Vredenburgh recognizes that Ballard, like 'blow, will make a good captain one day. In his spare time, Ballard likes to engage people in long discussions about anyhng and everythmg. He chose a maritime career for the adventure and the chance to see the world. In spite of, or perhaps because of, their vastly different personalities, Ballard and Qulgley are good friends.

Bert Pacquare

Engineer's mate aboard the Gabrielle, this wily French-Candadian runs a still in the engine room.

A squat, swarthy man from Montreal, Quebec, Bert Pacquare is a superb mechanic with a penchant for doing things the easy way. Despite his seeming laziness, Pacquare always manages to keep up with his duties. He even has time to distill his own "engine cleaner" moonshine in a still he keeps tucked away in the engine room.

Charles Drummond

Chief engineer of the Gabrielle, he is a loud, ruddy-faced man of middle years and one hell of a mechanic.

Gruff and slightly overweight, Charles Drummond has been at sea most of his life. Originally from Collinsport, Maine, he worked at the local cannery as a young man, and found he had a knack for keeping the old equipment running. He eventually joined up with a fishing boat crew, and fell in love with the sea. He has a natural talent for keeping machines running. He is impatient, somewhat sarcastic, and has a booming voice, but despite his rough exterior, he is a good man and looks out for his crew.

Henry Vredenburgh

Captain of the Gabrielle, he is a stern but fair man, well-respected by his men.

Captain Vredenburgh is a short, erect man of 55 years, bearded, with a mane of graying black hair and a no-nonsense disposition. As a sea captain must, Vredenburgh runs his ship by the book and gives no quarter in public. He comes down hard on whoever threatens the peace or safety of the ship, no matter who he might be. Consequently, the crew admire him for his fairness. They willingly bring conflicts to him to resolve, and gladly accept his judgments. Though rather blocky in shape, Vredenburgh is surprisingly agile and precise in his movements.

Jack Driscoll

Fourth officer of the Gabrielle, he is a young man who is very professional, and a little too serious.

Driscoll is the youngest and least experienced of the ship's officers, and he takes himself and his job very seriously because of it. He is always very businesslike, perhaps too much so, and is the source of occasional jokes among the sailors. Nonetheless, he is a competent officer and he does the best he can; as a result, even if no one really loves him, no one hates him, either.

Lamont Quigley

Third officer of the Gabrielle, this big Virginian is man of action, not contemplation.

Quigley is a big, burly man, more of a doer and a fighter than a thinker or a fast talker. He is a competent officer, but not spectacularly so. Originally from Virigina, he served in the United States Navy during the Great War; he found life at sea to be to his liking, and chose a maritime career. He speaks little, but carries out his orders faithfully and does whatever it takes to get the job done. His main problem is his limited leadership ability; because of it, he will probably never advance any farther in his job, but he doesn't mind

Paul Turlow

The first officer of the Gabrielle, Turlow is a competent but inexperienced officer, often prone to snap judgments.

Turlow is a tough, competent first officer, but he is relatively new to his position, and is still not at ease in it. He has sailed with Captain Vredenburgh before, and they are comfortable with each other. This is only his second voyage as second in command, and while he is at ease with his duties, he has not found the perspective called for by the position. Though a better man as a friend could not be found, on rare occasions Turlow can be impatient and prone to snap judgments. Vredenburgh sees in him the stuff of good leadership and, fortunately for the ship, is able to defend Turlow from himself. Soon Turlow's instincts will be tempered and sound, but not quite yet. Turlow is a strong, rangy man from Colorado. He has dreamed of the sea since he was a child. There is a streak of fatalism and deathly metaphor in him that is not attractive

Ray Lansing

The ship's physician, he is a trained medic and a veteran of the Great War.

Originally a veterinary student from Indianapolis, Indiana, Lansing joined the Army as a field medic during the Great War. Unable to return to his old life after his experiences during the war, Lansing signed up for the Merchant Marines. An inept sailor, his medical experience landed him a position as the ship's physician. Though not a proper doctor, Lansing's practical know-how is a match for nearly any doctor's education.

Robert MacIlvaine

Radioman aboard the SS Gabrielle, MacIlvaine is enthusiastic about being the expedition's voice to the world.

A Scotsman originally from Edinburgh, Robert MacIlvaine had dreams of seeing the world and of being a performer. He has a wonderful speaking voice with a warm, Scottish burr and an outgoing personality. Unfortunately, he also developed crippling stage fright. So he did the next best thing, and became a radioman. He signed on with the Gabrielle a few years back, and has enjoyed traveling from port to port, seeing the world. He is excited about being the voice of the Starkweather-Moore Expedition to the world at large.
Miskatonic University Expedition

Arthur McTighe

One of the survivors of the Miskatonic University Expedition of 1930, he works as a radio operator a couple of miles from Arkham on Kingsport Head.

Arthur McTighe is a tall angular fellow in his late twenties, with a shock of black hair, growing back from a widow's peak, with long hands, and a wide expressive mouth. He was a radio operator on the 1930 Miskatonic University Expedition to Antarctica. He now works as a radioman at the Kingsport Head transmitter station, well out of the public eye.

Commander J.B. Douglas

Famed sea captain and master of the brig Arkham, he captained that vessel during the Miskatonic University Expedition to Antarctica.

A rugged and practical sea captain, John Bradshaw Douglas has made the voyage to Antarctica before. As captain of the SS Arkham, he oversaw the voyage of the Miskatonic University Expedition of 1930 to the ice and back. He would be a credit to any expedition that hired him.
Murdered the night of September 5, 1933 by unknown assailants.

Frank Pabodie

A professor of engineering at Miskatonic University, he designed the remarkable drilling rig used in the 1930 Antarctic Expedition.

Professor Frank Pabodie is a short stocky man with a broad square face and a bristling white moustache. He is one of the survivors of the ill-fated 1930 Miskatonic University Expedition to Antarctica. He has resumed teaching in Arkham, and has had little comment on the disastrous expedition.

Paul Danforth

Pilot and graduate student on the 1930 Miskatonic University Expedition. He and Dyer saw the City of the Elder Things. The experience left him hospitalized with a nervous breakdown.

Paul Danforth was hospitalized after the Miskatonic University Expedition of 1930 returned following a "nervous breakdown brought about by stress." He has since been discharged from Arkham Asylum on his own recognizance. According to friends, his behavior was erratic following his convalescence, and he has since disappeared. He was last seen in the company of his former college roommate, Edward Scanlon.

Percy Lake

Biologist and explorer on the Miskatonic University Expedition of 1930, he uncovered remains of many plants and animals unknown to science in the foothills of the Miskatonic Mountains before being killed in a sudden storm along with his entire party.

William Dyer

Geologist and expedition leader on the Miskatonic University Antarctic Expedition of 1930. He and Danforth crossed the Miskatonic Mountains and returned. He is on leave of absence from the University; his current location is not known.

A dedicated scientist, a fine speaker, and one of the most popular teachers at Miskatonic University, Dyer was greatly changed by his experiences in Antarctica. He returned to taching for a time, then signed up for digs in Montana and the Yucutan. Following that, he took an extended leave of absence. He was last seen in Hawaii, apparently setting off to do research in the South Pacific.
Lexington Expedition

Acacia Lexington (Acacia) (Lexington)

A successful businesswoman with ties to various political and social groups, she is known as "the Shark." She bears a personal grudge against James Starkweather, and has organized a rival expedition.

Acacia Lexington is blonde and gray-eyed with classic patrician features. Her face is striking for its character, without being beautiful. Fiercely independent and strong-willed, she is constantly at odds with the era's perception of the feminine. She is straightforward and efficient in her words and mannerisms, refusing to waste valuable time on empty social gestures. Her habit of looking directly into the eyes of whomever she speaks to tends to be unnerving to men of the period. She has little patience for those she perceives as spineless. She expects honesty, truthfulness, and energetic self-confidence from those with whom she deals. Failure to meet these expectations causes her to classify that person as an underling rather than an equal, and she treats him or her accordingly.

Acacia is the only child of Colleen Hampton Lexington and Percival Woodrow Lexington. In the early years of this century P. W. Lexington distinguished himself as a brilliant self-made lawyer and businessman, thanks to connections through his wife's family, a keen mind, and sheer charisma. Colleen Hampton's high social standing and the sizable fortune that accompanied her into the marriage were the basis for the eventual Lexington family wealth. Born April 19, 1902, to parents who never expected to be blessed with a family, Acacia was a spoiled and pampered child for whom nothing was good enough. A steady stream of nannies came and went as Acacia
quickly turned into a household tyrant. Her schooling was by private tutor. Only in the classroom did she become a willing and tractable child. Dates, numbers, and languages fascinated her; mastering them was a wonderful challenge. She proved to be a bright student with a quick intellect and the same driving ambition as her father. In 1913, Colleen Lexington was a victim of meningitis. Her mother's death, when Acacia was 11, had a profound influence on the girl. Acacia's secret adoration of her lovely but distant mother was brought into sharp focus by grief. In the months following the funeral, her temper tantrums, outrageous demands, and spoiled behavior diminished.

At the same time, P. W. took new interest in his daughter. From 1913 through 1915, she accompanied him on a grand tour of Europe. P. W. introduced her to his business and social connections among European society. Discovering Acacia's observations of prospective clients to be not only accurate but cruelly truthful, he began including her in his business meetings. During these two years, Acacia Lexington was exposed to skills not usually taught to a young woman. Along with advanced riding skills, she picked up a working knowledge of fencing, and became an excellent skeet shooter. She developed a fascination for mechanical devices which continues. Her first-hand knowledge of cowardly governments and a Europe blindly at war left her dismayed at the ineptitude of politicians, and may have prompted her later interest in alternative political movements.

At the same time, P. W. took new interest in his daughter. From 1913 through 1915, she accompanied him on a grand tour of Europe. P. W. introduced her to his business and social connections among European society. Discovering Acacia's observations of prospective clients to be not only accurate but cruelly truthful, he began including her in his business meetings. During these two years, Acacia Lexington was exposed to skills not usually taught to a young woman. Along with advanced riding skills, she picked up a working knowledge of fencing, and became an excellent skeet shooter. She developed a fascination for mechanical devices which continues. Her first-hand knowledge of cowardly governments and a Europe blindly at war left her dismayed at the ineptitude of politicians, and may have prompted her later interest in alternative political movements.

The Lexingtons returned to the United States at the end of 1915. It took a chance comment from a friend to point out to P. W. that his daughter had quietly traded her boyish grin for the soft smile of a young woman. Travel and tutors had placed Acacia's academic knowledge far in advance of most of her peers, but he father began to realize that she had almost no preparation for the graces and sensitivities her station in life would demand.

Just after her 14th birthday, she was sent to Cadmere Academy, an exclusive finishing school in Boston. Taken away from everything familiar and secure, Acacia found finishing school to be a living nightmare. Her lack of formal etiquette kept her in academic classes that she had long since mastered. She quickly came to hate the social rituals she was forced to learn. She became the target for snubs and gossip by the other girls. Acacia wrote repeatedly to her father, begging to come home, and for the first time he refused her requests.

In 1918 she refused to attend non-academic classes, and aggressively voiced her opinion on the short-sighted education the other students were receiving. Conferences with the headmistress and removal of privileges did not alter her stance. Stubborn, she became a never-ending source of aggravation to her teachers. Eventually Cadmere requested that her father remove her from the school. Despite her rebellion, Lexington was aware of the restrictions that society placed on a woman, and she was not insensitive to her father's desires for her future. After weeks of argument and simple, tearful manipulation, she and her father reached an agreement. She would allow herself to be trotted out as a debutante, and perform all her social tricks flawlessly and without complaint. In return P. W. would educate her in the business of managing the family fortune. Her entry into the New York social scene of 1919 was perfect. The social columns named her the year's loveliest and most eligible debutante. Despite being the most sought-after debutante of the season, Acacia quickly discovered that the men of her own age and station were shallow and self-absorbed. Their talk of being seen at all the "right" places, of tailors, gambling, and weekend parties bored her to tears. While never lacking for an escort or dance partner, no young man inspired a spark of romance in her. In 1920, as the new season opened, new debutantes began to take up column space. Miss Lexington vanished from the society page, and was quickly forgotten.

In early 1920, her father arranged a trip to Africa as a birthday gift to her. Captain Starkweather was hired on high recornmendation from business associates. Despite his dashing reputation and charisma, the young Lexington easily saw through Starkweather's bravado. His grand gestures and extravagant tales were at first an annoyance, then an aggravation, since he also insisted on treating her like a helpless woman. Her dislike of him became intense.

She was furious when she returned to New York, to find the papers full of the story of her "rescue." Her first thought was to spill the true tale to the newspapers. After a long and heated discussion with her father, she reluctantly agreed not to contradict Starkweather's account. The only thing truly hurt was her pride, and the newspapers would eagerly seize on the information, and turn the matter into a circus. The publicity would of course damage Starkweather, but it would also expose the Lexington family to gossip. It was not easy to keep silent, but she did. Her grudge against Starkweather remains.

On August 8,1921, a member of the house staff discovered Percival Woodrow Lexington dead in his study. The official ruling was death by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The papers were full of wild speculations about P. W.'s business dealings. In the midst of her grief, a tearful Acacia stated that her father had been murdered. A rare book had been stolen from the house, and she was convinced that he had been killed for that reason. The item, a one-of-a-kind manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe called The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, was an unbound copy of the twenty-nine chapters of the complete work. After the funeral, Acacia wrote an open letter to the managing editors of New York's newspapers, retracting her assertion of murder and agreeing with the coroner's findings. Of the missing manuscript she said, "I believe it is still in the library. You will understand that under the circumstances, I haven't made a search for it." After that she did not mention the Pym document.

The death of her father placed the family fortune in Acacia Lexington's hands. All pretense of fitting into high society vanished. With what P. W, had taught her as a base, she set herself to learning the finer skills of the business world. Prohibited by her sex from joining the influential "old boy" circles, she found her own way. In some financial circles she became quietly known as "The Shark." Her accurate understanding of the world's stock markets allowed her to escape the worst effects of the 1929 crash and the long depression that has followed. She retains most of her wealth, and is able to make cautious acquisitions at bargain prices. She continues to be enviably prosperous.

Over the last two years she has dabbled in various social and political groups. She has been spotted at meetings of socialists, communists, fascists, social credit agitators, and other fringe groups. She is known to have donated money to each of these groups. Inspired by the discoveries of Miskatonic University's failed Lake Expedition, she decided to organize her own privately-funded trip to the South Pole. The fact that this has allowed Acacia to slight James Starkweather is a coincidence, but one that has given her no small amount of joy.

Albert Priestly (Priestly)

Chief cameraman on the Lexington Expedition, Priestly is a good-natured man excited to be in Antarctica.

When Raymond Priestley returned from his exploration of the South Pole on the 1907-1909 Shackleton expedition, he brought back many strange and wonderful stories of the haunting yet overawing beauty of the Antarctic continent. Over the course of several years, he shared these stories in letters with his American "nephew" (actually a first cousin once removed), Albert. Young Albert was absolutely enraptured by the accounts, and swore that
one day, he would himself go to Antarctica. When Lexington decided to go south, Albert Priestley was the first to join the expedition. Priestley has a steadfast, unquenchable good nature, which stems from a deep foundation of faith in God and himself.
Until the very last of his strength, Priestley is hopeful, and will struggle toward whatever possibility of rescue there may be, sharing an encouraging word with anyone who needs one. Keepers should resist the urge to make Priestley stupid or needlessly annoying: he is a bastion of strength and encouragement for the entire Lexington Exwtion, and a good person to have around when disaster strikes. Aside from that single, dominant trait, Priestley is also a skilled newsreel photographer, and an amateur chemist. Unlike some people in other expedhons, Priestley realizes that he is only a photographer, and lets those with more experience at polar survival make the important decisions.

Anthony Johnson

A camp worker on the Lexington Expedition, he is very protective of Acacia Lexington.

Aformer circus roustabout, Anthony may not be the brightest in camp, but he reacts quickly and appropriately to emergencies. He is wary of strangers, a holdover from his carnival and circus days. Johnson loves to travel. He was attracted to the expedition by realizing that he would be traveling further than anyone he knew. Johnson is a hard worker. He is protective of Miss Lexington, whom he reveres as the older sister he never had.

Carl Schmidt

Radio technician and operator for the Lexington Expedition, his Texas drawl has a hint of a German accent.

A Texas native, Schmidt's plains drawl is tinged by the faintest suggestion of thick northern German. He is a tall, thin man, always at the mercy of the coId, but enthusiastic about this tip to the end of the world. He has brought along his own camera gear. When off watch, he is glad to offer a helping hand, but usually can be found snapping photos around camp.

Charles Sachs

One of the engineers on the Lexington Expedition, he is a large, shaggy man with great powers of concentration.

A tremendous and startlingly shaggy man from northern New Hampshire, Sachs looks like a windblown yeti. Despite his thick farm-boy hands, he can make the finest tunings with his fingers. Sachs is almost entirely self-taught, and has a number of unique names for machine parts. Sachs has ferocious powers of concentration: he ignores snow, cold, dogs, and other people while working on an important repair. The same applies whether he is playing cards, shoveling snow, or deep in conversation. Having that attention directed directly at one is a very disconcerting experience

Charles Wright

A mechanic on the Lexington Expedition, he is fiercely loyal to Acacia Lexington.

Lured away from a profitable aircraft repair business in Boston, Charles Wright is the perfect mechanic for the expedition. He is fiercely loyal to Acacia Lexington, and secretly fantasizes an unspoken romance between them. When not otherwise engaged, Wright creates impressive and beautiful sculptures from the ice. The subjects of these creations change significantly over the weeks on the Ice, however, darkening noticeably.

Chip Hooper

The Lexington Expedition's second cameraman, he is a Princeton graduate who hopes to work in the film industry.

A Princeton graduate fkom upstate New York, Hooper fell in love with the movies in his junior year - to the dismay of his parents. He completed college quickly, but then headed to Hollywood, just when the Depression had flooded the streets with jobless hopefuls. Hooper's buoyant optimism got him a job now and then, until the fast-changing technology of talking pictures exposed his talents for recording, and his reputation suddenly soared.

Curtis Anthony

Doctor and camp physician for the Lexington Expedition, he is charming and intelligent.

Those who meet Doctor Anthony quickly are charmed by the utter cofidence and self-assurance that radiates from the man. His cultivated English accent soothes and comforts. Alas, Doctor Anthony knows much less about men's minds than he would like to think. He is going through what will later be known as a mid-life crisis, and is attempting to do something great before he is no longer able. He has an excellent mind, and those who present him with well-reasoned discussions will find him a receptive listener. Poorly thought-out arguments are mercilessly torn to shreds. When they meet, Doctors Anthony and Greene develop an instant mutual dislike for each other.

Haakon Tuvinnen

One of the best cold-weather guides in the world, he is a patient and fatherly man from Finland.

A citizen of Finland, he is one of the best cold-weather expedition guides in the world. Tuvinnen patiently educates those he leads in polar survival. He watches out for the expedition as he would his large brood of children-fiy, but with a care that borders on loving. He has phenomenal presence of mind and an excellent record of returning his charges from dangerous cold.

Henk Beentje

A stern polar guide from Denmark with a loud voice and a keen eye for trouble.

Henk Beentje is a stem, hard-bitten Dane who has seen his share of foolish explorers, but he realizes that this group is not foolish. He has a loud, harsh voice that carries far across the icy wastes, and he gleefully uses it to call out orders or warnings. Henk always carries an iron rod which he uses as a prybar, a pointer, and, when necessary, a tool for personal defense.

Kelly Donovan

Technician and grip boy for the Lexington Expedition's film crew, he fears the ice and snow.

Donovan has worked with Priestley for four years, following him everywhere. Donovan has lost family members to the damp, chill winters of Boston, and fears the snow and cold. On the Ice, Donovan is as cautious as possible, because the possibility of freezing to death is so real to him. His loyalty to Priestley makes him grit his teeth and pitch in, but the vast isolation of the Antarctic continent is beyond his imagining, and frightens him to his core. When anyone suggests leaving the continent for home, he or she hears a heartfelt second from Donovan Kelly.

Kurt Jenner

Quiet and somewhat nervous, Jenner is the electrician for the Lexington Expedition.

A man with a past he does not want revealed, Jenner is hoping to remain in America after the Lexington Expedition is over. He is nervous and quiet, but a hard worker, and tries to keep busy.

Kyle Williams

Pilot for the Lexington Expedition, Williams is a quiet but friendly young man. It was later revealed that he is actually Paul Danforth.

Kyle Williams is a generally quiet, observant, and friendly young man. Originally from Massachusetts, he does have some background in biology and shows an interest in the native flora and fauna. He is concerned with everyone's survival.

"Kyle Williams" doesn't exist. He is really Paul Danforth, and dedicated to making sure the secret of the Elder Things remains buried in Antarctica. His overriding goal is to keep the world safe, and he will stop at nothing to do so. He was discovered in the City of the Elder Things after destroying one of the Starkweather-Moore Expedition's Boeing 247 aeroplanes.

Robert Marklin

A technician and mechanic on the Lexington Expedition, this quiet Oaklahoman is calm and professional.

A quiet, thoughtful man from Oklahoma, Marklin was chosen for his previous polar experience as well as his range of useful technical skills. In the field, everyone praises him for his stamina, good sense, and the ability to get the job done. He served on the Ice with the previous Byrd expedition and joined one of the teams trying to rescue the Italia.

Tony Hopewell

One of the Lexington Expedition's radio technicians and operators, he has become grim since arriving on the ice.

Normally competent and friendly, Tony Hopewell has become grim and nervous since his arrival on the Ice. He is aware as few others are how tenuous their lifeline is and how fragile human life is against the primordial snow and ice. He also has nightmarish dreams of horrifying dangers to come. Combined with the numbing hostility of Antarctica, he is spooked. Investigators need great patience to open him up, but he will be greatly relieved to share his fears with anyone who understands.