. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . The seal were brought on board so thatwe might see them, and were then , however, when the seal is killedthe boat is anchored to the floe, and theflensing done on the ice while the body isstill warm, and the skin washed ; then ondeck the crew have the greasy task of mak-ing off blubber. Making off blubber is theprocess by which the layer of fat is separatedfrom the s
. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . The seal were brought on board so thatwe might see them, and were then , however, when the seal is killedthe boat is anchored to the floe, and theflensing done on the ice while the body isstill warm, and the skin washed ; then ondeck the crew have the greasy task of mak-ing off blubber. Making off blubber is theprocess by which the layer of fat is separatedfrom the skin. The skins are hung blubberside up on a wide board frame mounted atan angle of about sixty degrees and placed ondeck whenever it is to be used. One or twomen clad in oilskins, armed with large knivessharp as razors and slightly curved alongthe edge, stand behind the frame. By a shortsweeping stroke they slice off the blubber,which rolls away of its own weight likea thick, oily blanket. It really looks quiteappetizing, and one seeing it can better un-derstand how the Eskimos regard it as adelicacy. All ships hunting in these seascarry several among the crew who are ex-perienced in skinning and preparin
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