NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



milk, now manufactured by the Borden Company, 

 and the several varieties of baked beans cooked in 

 brick ovens and canned by Friends Brothers of 

 Melrose, Massachusetts. The need of vitamines 

 has been fully met by the vegetable products pre- 

 pared by Mrs. Kelly at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 

 and widely used by Polar Expeditions under the 

 name Cookellized products. Canned goods, ba- 

 con, oatmeal, coffee, sugar, etc., were also taken in 

 as far as the head of Taserssuak. 



For the ice-cap a primus stove and a supply of 

 fuel were taken along, but up to the edge of the 

 ice we believed we should be able to find the low 

 Arctic shrubs, willow and birch, in sufficient abun- 

 dance unless we remained longer than a day at one 

 camp, in which case it might be necessary to range 

 widely to obtain our necessary fuel. The green 

 leaves of the Arctic birch which grows from one 

 to two feet above the ground and is scattered 

 widely over the tundra, contains an oil and once 

 a fire is started the fresh branches burn with a hot 

 flame. 



As is usual with marching expeditions the heavy 

 load in addition to food supplies is made up of 

 tents and sleeping bags, and we carried with us 

 the famous senior Arctic sleeping robes manu- 

 factured by Woods. Later, after we had had 



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