The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-31

How about food? Did the cold air
make you crave castor oil and candles,
as the Esquimos are said to do?'
No" replied Gen. Greedy. II don't
think any of us ever saw the day when
we wanted to eat candles. The desire
OF people in cold countries for fat has
been much Overestimated The human
being can assimilata only a certain
amount of fat, and the stories publish
ed of Esquimos who drink oil like wine
are overdrawn. You can stand more
fat in cold regions than in warm, but
the limitations are fixed"
L suppose the arctic explorers Of
next year will have a great advantage
over you on account of condensed foods
which have since been invented"
II don't know about that" replied
Gen. Greedy. You can't live long on
bread pills and meat essences. The
stomach has to have something to fill
1t in order that it may do it's work
properly. Condensed foods are very
we'll for squirt, but they will not do
Tor a steady diet for any length Of
time. If [ were going north again [
should take a great deal of condensed
milk and butter. We had plenty Of
butter for the first part Of our stay.
We carried it with US in tins and found
1t very good. 1t might not have been
so appetiZing at home. but you can eat
stuff in the arctic regions that you
would not touch here"
PROVISIONS FOR THE ARCTIC
Tell me something as to what you
took with you?"
"Our stock of provisions was made
up to last for two years. 1 had studied
the subject and l took a good list Of
supplies for that time We had about
a ton and a half each of condensed
Il h1lff
plenty of cheese and macaroni and con-
densed eggs. We had canned fruits
and dried apples, peaches, grapes and
raisins. 1 think that tomatoes were
our best vegetable, and we found the
apples and the peaches our best fruits
We had plenty of flour and some can
ned meats"
Did you have any fresh meat?"
''Yes, some; but if I were going again
should carry a great lot Of fresh
meat with me. 1t could be kept in
refrigerators. We kept meat quite a
long time. I remember that the birds
which we killed in Greenland in July
formed good eating in June at Conger
the next year. You need meat to feed
your dogs. The dogs you have there do
not like biscuits nor patent dog foods
They will not eat them unless they are
half starved, and it is very important
in such explorations to keep up the
strength of your dogs AS to cured
meats, we found that bacon, ham,
ccrned beef and pemmican were among
the best"
How about game; is there any
chance of getting any in the regions
about the pole?"
yes, in the lands where we were
we found quite lot of game at GER
tain times of the year. We killed dur
ing our stay more than hundred
musk oxen, number of seals and
about fifty ducks"
WOOLEN CLOTHING VS.. FURS.
Suppose you were going again, gen.
eral, what kind of clothing would you
take?"
IT should use wooden cloth for many
of my suits. I believe that wool is
better than fur for many purposes.
1t is well to have an overcoat lined
with dogskin. The best kinds Of nit
tens are woolen ones, with sealskin
mittens drawn over them. We found
that our best sleeping bags were made
of buffalo robes. We liked the ones
in which two men could sleep best, as
in these each man helped to keep his
fellow warm"
HAS Nansen's work really added to
our knowledge Of the polar regions3"