New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-23

"r"eSing the heavy life boats the dol
.eaihs went ahead 10 break a pathwa!
Aiief weeks Of travelling II was found
impossible TO move the entire party
;" they settled down for a stay on the
We Then the lee broke. For more
'"'h Ten months the expedition float
ed about on a great noe helpless.
AZ 'aSt the hug, raft" became un-
sure One night il broke directly
'hr"uSh The center. dropping several
men INTO the sea. As the ice raft
grew smaller and the sen became more
pcFllous II was decided TO risk every
ming in y desperate attempt to reach
civilization in the small life boats.
Later, seeing the impossibility of
transporting the entire party Mt Que
iline, S~hackleton started out with five
OF his companions for South Georgia.
w" nearest point Of civilization. nearly
S0 miles away
They landed on the uninhabited side.
Leaving three of his companions. Sir
Ernest started for the Strommncss
whaling station. - miles away. over
n rough sen with huge ice cakes threat.
ening 10 smash the little craft. He
fnnlly reached his destination.
As soon rs arrangement could be
made Shackieton with n new shin and
supplies started hack 10 rescue his
companions, Following their rescue.
the entire expedition. without the loss
or n man. steamed into Valparaiso har.
nor while the guns Of the Chilean navy
roared welcome. Then came the tri-
uinphal return TO England.
So You see Sir Ernest had plenty OF
opportunity to find out that the pni.
NAL life Of the antarctic was "edibIe."
What he thinks of the general proposl-
ton 10 use the food resources OF the
antarctic In feeding the world NAV he
seen from these extracts from n LETTER
written This summer. 10 nm American
friend. just ms he was starting from
London on his third expedition:
my Dear chap-Whcn you receive
this I shall probably be on the shin
on my way to the frozen south. 10
up the scientific questions that
left undone by the destruction
Of the Endurance.
'Onc thing | have been forced 10
overlook through the pressure OF
and that is - question close
to the hcarts-or ! should say stom-
achs-of humanity. II Is The God
question
"It il apparent that the world Is
short of meat. Consumption
Is outstripping production. and the
condition il becoming more serious
lniiN. Before long we shall be forced
- eat meat that today. although II is
.ood food. tx filling the skins of inter.
geological specimens.
Human nature Is peculiar about
Pretty and ugly. feroclous and
,indly animals of the zoo. 10 the
man. are natures creatures ,
or his entertainment. lie does not ,
eaiize That most of these animals are .
omm"n sights To snur 81 the carth's 4.
and mnSi ~ them are used +,
: food. .
The Inhabitants Of South Africa q
! mesn the whites. the Boers). than +,
hon there are no more intelligent :
r pi,sicaliy perfect people. have I
cen eating most Of our 200 animals I
ince their settlement In Africa. near. Il
: 800 years q Also In the vast I
Of ice there are millions of Il
ilibie animals. whose flesh. with pron- n
r cooking. is just as nourishabIe and a
iSt rs palafable As ms other meat. 2
"On the great Ice continent at the
pitom of the world sea elephants. v
~ lions. seal. penguin. etc. have O
.unmoiesied for thousands q, q
They are edible. I know. /