. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. « w March 1870 SL];i)(tJ-: DIETARY, 201 Arctic sledue ioiinii'V (liiriii- Mjircli or tlic ciirlv part of A])ril, who'i a teiii])erature of more tlian sixty <k';.''rees below freeziiiii-poiiit is certain to he exj)erieiK-e'ifl«'re(l, and those of former ex])editit)iis who did not, is the lireater or latlier did'ereiit labour uuderuoiie in conse- qnence of the lieavy nature of the s
. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in ships ' Alert' and 'Discovery' [microform]. Alert (Ship); Discovery (Ship); Alerte (Navire); Discovery (Navire); Natural history; Sciences naturelles. « w March 1870 SL];i)(tJ-: DIETARY, 201 Arctic sledue ioiinii'V (liiriii- Mjircli or tlic ciirlv part of A])ril, who'i a teiii])erature of more tlian sixty <k';.''rees below freeziiiii-poiiit is certain to he exj)erieiK-e'ifl«'re(l, and those of former ex])editit)iis who did not, is the lireater or latlier did'ereiit labour uuderuoiie in conse- qnence of the lieavy nature of the snow and j)a<-k-ice met with by the ])arties fi'oni tlie 'Alei-t' and 'Dis- covery,' and also the almost total absence of fresli meat; Avhereas most of the former expeditions obtainetl an occasional meal of fresh uame of one sort or another, and some were fortunate enouah to shot)t as miu*h as < they could ])0ssibly consume. I now continue the extracts from my journal re- latins and, juduinn' from the movenn-nts of the do<Ts, for animals also; although they refuse to li'o into an enclosure they are ulad eui^Jiuh of :iny shelter obtainable between them and the wind. The weather ])revented any work beina' undeitakeii outside the shij) except whn< was absolutely necessiiy, and the walking' parties were ctmtented with sjiorter exer- cise than usual; eveiy possible kind of lace protector beinu; ti'ied. 'The ])reserycd meat for the use of the doL's while travellinu" has been taken out of tlie tins and broken < uj) into ])ieces of about two pounds in weiirht; exj»ose<l to the cold this has become frozen as hard as marble, %. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915; Feilden, H. W. (Henry Wemyss). London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivin
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