The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-07-23

dragging the heavy life boats the dog
Teams went ahead TO break pathway.
After weeks of travelling it was found
impossible to move the entire party.
SO they settled down for stay on the
ice Then the ice broke. For more
than ten months the expedition float
ed about on a great foe helpless.
AT last the hug, raft" became un-
sa1e- One night II broke directly
through the center, dropping several
men into the sea. As the Ice raft
grew smaller and the sea became more
perflous 1t was decided to risk every
thing in desperate attempt to- reach
tster. set nsn imDossDIlts e,as us, q
trahsportingAnd atire party at one
time, ShackleIg, arsrted out with. Eve
Of his companiGer ior South Georgia,
the nearest poinfof civiIizati nearly
800 miles away.
They landed on the uninhabited side
Leaving three of his companions Sir
Ernest started for the Strommness
whaling station. 80 miles away, over
a rough sea with huge ice cakes threat
ening TO smash the little craft. He
finally reached his destination.
AS soon as arrangement could be
made Shackleton with a new ship and
supplies started back to rescue his
companions. Following their rescue.
the entire expedition. without the loss
Of man. steamed into Valparaiso har-
Dor. while the guns of the Chilean navy
roared welcome. Then came the tri-
umphal return to England.
So you see Sir Ernest had plenty of
opportunity to find out that the ami
NAL life of the antarctic was edible. !"
What he thinks of the general PROPOSE
tion to use the food resources Of the
antarctic In feeding the world may be
seen from these extracts from letter
written this summer. to an American
friend, just as he was starting from
London on his third expedition:
my Dear Chap-When you receive
this shall probably be on the ship
on my way to the frozen south, to
clear up the scientific questions that
were left undone by the destruction
of the Endurance.
"One thing have been forced to
overlook through the pressure Of
events. and that Is question close
to the hearts-or l should say stom.
achs-of humanity. 1t Is the -ood
|, question.
ut Ia apparent that the world Is
getting short of meat. Consumption
is outstripping production. and the
condition is becoming more serious
daily. Before long we shall be forced
to eat meat that today, although 1t is
good food. is filling the skins of inter
esting geological specimens.
Human nature is peculiar about
eating. Pretty and ugly. ferocious and
kindly animals of the zoo, to the
average man. are natures creatures
for his entertainment. He does not
realize that most of these animals are
common sights to some of the earths $
inhabitants and most of them are used
as food
'"The inhabitants of South Africa
U mean the whites, the Boers) than
whom there are no more intelligent
or physically perfect people. have
been eating most of our zoo animals
since their settlement In Africa. near
ly 300 years ago. Also In the yast
regions of ice there are millions of
edible animals, whose flesh. with prop.
er cooking. is just as nourishable and
just as palatable as any other meat.
"On the great ice continent at the
bottom of the world sea elephants
sea lions, seal. penguin. etc, have
bred unmolested for thousands of
years. They are edible. know.