His biographer Roland Huntford records that the final deficit of NOK 12,000 was cleared by two wealthy supporters, Axel Heiberg and an English expatriate, Charles Dick.
Hans biograf Roland Huntford skriver imidlertid, at det endelige underskud på 12.000 kroner blev klaret af to velstående tilhængere, Axel Heiberg og den landsforviste engelskmand Charles Dick.