. 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 . as that ofthe American bear. An erroneous idea pre-vails that he lives on fish, but no fish are foundso far north. He does however hunt seal, andthis fact explains why the seals always lie insuch close proximity to the edge of the fat with which the bear and all polaranimals are supplied as a protection againstcold makes the meat blubbery or oily tothe taste. It is also rather
. 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 . as that ofthe American bear. An erroneous idea pre-vails that he lives on fish, but no fish are foundso far north. He does however hunt seal, andthis fact explains why the seals always lie insuch close proximity to the edge of the fat with which the bear and all polaranimals are supplied as a protection againstcold makes the meat blubbery or oily tothe taste. It is also rather sweet. When ahaunch is prepared for the table, it is cut intovery thin slices which are pounded to makethem tender and to work out some of the chef always fried the bear steaks withonions, which modified the pronounced tasteand made it quite a palatable dish; occasion-ally we varied the monotony by using tomatosauce instead. The sky was overcast all day, but we werefree of a fog until late in the afternoon. Itwas very cold, the precipitated moisture con-tinued to freeze on the rigging, and even thepump from the water-tanks was frozen. Three snow grouse, or ivory gull (Pagophila [60] ,jS«j^^::^%:. #*s? a- s i\:)ji\ok Woj ^iiO le reindeer meal ain ■ liie large bear was to iiesh 01 the {3oIar bear, a buicu^ cai-nivoi ous animal, is not so palatable as that ofthe A; I An erroneous idea pre- vails tha. ^sh are fo^ln(30r steaks with onion- uodilied the pronounced taste and U),u:. .. jaite a palatable dish; occasion-all varied the mo!?v hx? n^mg tomatosau I n!,->tead. The sky was overcast all ....^,. uul we wpre fp(„. ..r ,. fog until late in ^^ afternoon. Itwuo V. ij .old, the precipiu. uioisture con-tinued to freeze on the rigging, and even i ^,/ Our cold storage
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