Tag: dog pemmican

Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Expedition, April 4, 1916: “. . . the last two teams were shot two days ago. . . .”

April 6, 2016

–from the diary of Thomas Orde Lees— “4 April. As fuel is so scarce, we have had to resort to melting ice for drinking water in tins against our bodies, i.e., in between the layers of our clothing, and we treat the tins of dog pemmican for breakfast similarly, by keeping them in our sleeping … More Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Expedition, April 4, 1916: “. . . the last two teams were shot two days ago. . . .”

Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Expedition, January 1916: “To lose a spoon or a knife was a calamity.”

January 11, 2016

–from Frank Hurley’s account “Shackleton’s Argonauts”— “Table furniture was of the simplest. Our tent [Hurley shared a tent with Shackleton, Hudson, and James] possessed a sheath-knife which was common property. Each man had, in addition to a tin lid which served as a plate, a spoon, either a souvenir from the ‘Endurance’ or one carved … More Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Expedition, January 1916: “To lose a spoon or a knife was a calamity.”