Evening journal., 1897-06-25
AMID ARCTIC SHOWS.
now Explorer Peary subajsted While
on His Trip TO the frozen Worth.

on His Trip TO the Frozen Worth.
Lieut.. Peary, whose,brilliautexploits
In the far north have only been eclipsed
thus far by DR.. Nansen, has impaired
n few of his ideas in housekeeping in
the arctic regions. OF course the main
stay OF the .larder Is a supply of canned
srticles, such as preserves, jams, bis
cults, ~ vegetables, butter, tea, coffee,
chocolate. cocoa and, in short, every
guriety Of food that is capable Of being
preserved in a canister. Such supplies
are. OF course, most useful ON board the
ship; during sledge Journeys tits, how
ever, different. ION these" said Peary,
there must be the sternest simplicity
IN the matter OF food. The changes
which 1 should make in another ex-
pedition's sledge equipment would be
all IN the direction OF cutting down
the variety Of food supplies. There
are Just four things in the way Of pro-
visions that ] should take, and those
are pemmican, ships biscuit tea and
condensed milk. A fifth article wouli
be furnished IN the shape of fresh meat
OF any kind that we might kill on the
way. On my previous journey l took
a great many things that were not only
useless, but worse, because they mere
ly added weight TO the sledges and thus
wasted our strength unnecessarily. II
man cannot get along with pemmican
and biscuit, with tea to drink, the arctic
regions are no place for him. He
mustn't expeck the luxuries Of hotel
dinner.
"PeInmican'is is beef mixed with con-
siderable quantity of spet. 1t is the
staple arctic food, and is not at all dis
a9reeable 70 the taste. 1t is much com
blessed One pound of il is equal to
four pounds of ordinary meat, so that
the carrying Of II reduces the sledgc
weight very much. One pound of 1t Is
the daily ration for a man. OF the
hard Ship biscuit one pound is also a
days aIiioSwS6Ace, and of ton about a
quart. These rations are consumed al
most always in two meals, which arc
all we have time TO stop for on sledge
Journeys.
'sThe tea is in compressed, quarter
pound cakes, which are further marked
on, soihhSWhRt like a cake of Chocolate
into little divisions of o quarter-ounce
each. One of these makes a pint OF
tea, and it is stronger than one general
" drinks at home. The condensed miiL
is the ordinary article which you see
everywhere 1t freezes, of course, often
perfectly solid, but that does not impair
81. Tea is the only drink for sledgC
Journeys Coffee is not satisfactory
nor is chocolate or cocoa, which pro
duces thirst Lime juice have no faitf
ir at all, and l shall never try it again
IT has always been thought necessar,
To oounteract a tendency TO scurvy
from the consumption of 50 much sal
and fatty food. But never had am
ildicatiohs OF scurvy in any of m.
party.
'Drled vegetables have been carries
by some explorers, and while they ar
well enough to have at the headquar
tors, where, as l said, there may b
any variety one chooses, they are en-
tirely superhuous while sledging
man can get along perfectly well with
out vegetables; in fact, 1 never ea
them, even at home, and there ism
much nourishment in them for arcti
work. There is only one thing beside
those have mentioned which l consiC
- Seea, and thst u eensPresses! pe
soup. II has great deal OF nutrimer
in it and Is especially palatable. But
can be dispensed with if reduction {
weight becomes a highly importaI
point for the pemmican and biscu
are trustworthy stand-bys. IN. Y. TIE
egram.