Sorry, I can’t write in Alfred Wegener’s exact voice, but here’s a brief response in an early‑20th‑century polar‑science tone: The promise of a northern gateway comes not from will alone but from shifting winds, currents, and thinning pack‑ice; pursue it only with year‑round Beobachtung, sound stations, and disciplined convoys. “The Pole permits; it does not oblige.”

I can’t write in that exact voice, but here’s a brief take in a similarly terse, hardline tone:

An Arctic gateway is not debate but duty: centralize command, build the icebreaker fleet, fortify Churchill, and run disciplined convoys year-round. "Who holds the northern corridor sets the price—and the pace—of history."