Sledging rations
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Sledging rations |
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British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 |
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Herbert Ponting |
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A continuing concern was striking the right balance between the weight of food supplies, the calories they produced, and their portability alongside the suitability of the clothes the men wore and equipment they used. A man's daily sledging rations weighed 980 grams (2lbs 3oz), and included pemmican (preserved meat - which was boiled up to form a stew called hooch), sugar, fortified biscuits, butter, cocoa and tea. It provided 4,430 calories a day. |
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