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on the deck aft. Here the bear, which was soon named Marion, was 

 kept until shipped from New London, Conn., over one month later, 

 to the National Zoo at Washington, D. C. 



She ate very little during this period, practically refusing to touch 

 any food except slices of her dead mother and brother, of which 



she would eat spar- 

 ingly from time to 

 time. She was al- 

 w^ays trying to 

 scratch and gnaw 

 her way out, so the 

 cage frequently had 

 to be repaired with 

 new boards and re- 

 inforced with more 

 wire. Marion w^as 

 extremely sly and 

 vicious and would 

 make sudden rushes 

 to surprise and bite 

 those working about 

 her cage. The only 

 time she seemed to 

 like her captivity 

 was when the wash- 

 d e c k hose was 

 turned on her to 

 give her a daily 

 hath. Her bad tem- 

 per at all other 

 times was well un- 

 derstood by every- 

 o n e, a n cl many 

 anxious hours were 

 spent by light sleep- 

 ers who had visions 

 of her escaping at 

 night and seeking 

 vengeance upon her 

 abductors by means 

 of tooth and claw. 

 Through the calm 

 clear night of Au- 

 gust 16 the Marion 

 ran to the south- 

 ward in open water, 

 taking stations, 

 soundings, and bot- 

 tom samples, ac- 

 cording to plan. At 4.30 a. m. on the ITth the southeastern corner of 

 the pack ice was sighted in 64^ 40' N.. 59° 08' W. The thick pans 

 here w^ere small and deeply waterworn. Some of them resembled 

 giant mush rooms raised on short stems a little above the sea surface. 

 The sea and swell made a noise like the roaring of breakers as it 



THERE WILL BE BEAR STEAKS TO NKillT 



Figure 27. — One of the seamen is here skinning the mother 

 of the captive cub " Marion." The skin of this bear was 

 salted down and brought in excellent condition to the 

 United States. Lean meat as sweet and tender as veal 

 was found under the insulating laj^er of fat. 



