Marble Hill press., 1920-07-22

dragging the heavy llfe boats the dos
teams vent ahead % break a pathway
B Aficr No-ks ~ travelling lt wns found
impossible 60 move the entire party.
~ they settled down for a stay on the
lcr. Then the ice broke For morr
Than ten months the expedition hoat'
ed about on q great Zoe helpless.
~ last the hug, "ruft" became M
safe. one night II hrukc directly
through the center. dropping several
men into the sea As the ice raft
ETew smaller and the sea became more
Tcrilous u wHs decided TO risk every.
thing IN a desperate attempt 20 reach
civilization In ID. small life boats
Later, seeing the impossihillty of
transporting the entire party a, one
/ time Shackls;on started out with ave
II his companions for south Georgia.
the nesrrst point OF civilization. nearly
I Snn miles awuy
They landed on the unlnhsblted side
leaving three of his companions. Sir
Ernest started for the Strommncss
whaling station. n miles away. over
\ rough sra with huge ice cakes threat.
enlng TO smash the little craft lie
finally reached his destination.
As soon Rs arrangement could be
made shackleton with new ship and
supplies started hack 90 rescue his
companions. Following their rescue.
the ehtlrc expedition. without the loss
~ man. steamed into Valparaiso har-
hor. while the guns NJ the Chilean navy
roared welcome Then came the tri.
umphal return to England.
So you see Sir Ernest had plenty OF
| opportunity 20 nnd out that the ami.
NAL life of the antarctic was edible"
What he thinks Of the general PROPOSE.
tion 10 use the food resources OF the
antarctic In feeding the world may be
seen from these extracts from a letter
written this summer. 10 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 10 the frozen south, TO
| clear up the scientific questions that
were left uudnne by the destruction
OF the Endurance.
-One thing have been forced to
overlook through the pressure OF
events. and that Is II question close
TO the hearts--or should say stom.
achs--of humanity. I, is the .ood
question.
1T is apparent that the world is
getting short OF meat. Consumption
Is outstripplng production. and the
condition Is becoming more serious
daily. Before long We shall be forced
TO eat meat that today, although II 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 earth's
Inhabitants and most OF them are used
as food.
THE Inhabitants Of South Africa
Il 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 800 years ago. Also In the vast
regions OF Ice there ere 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.