Appendix B 



379 



Daily Ration for 

 Five Men 



Sun. 



MON. 



TuEs. 



Wed. 



Thur. 



Fri. 



Sat. 



Rice 



Oatmeal 



Bread... ._ 



Tea-biscuits 



Gingersnaps 



Dehydrated potatoes. . 

 Dehydrated onions . . . 



Erbswurst 



Evaporated soups .... 



Baked beans.. 



Condensed milk 



Bacon 



Roast beef 



Braised beef 



Corned beef 



Ox tongue 



Curry and chicken 



Boned chicken 



Fruits: evaporated 



berries 



Figs 



Dates 



Sugar 



Coffee 



Tea 



Salt 



Sweet chocolate 



i6 



100 



i8 



II 



5 



17 



44 



6i 



20 



13 



100 



21 

 II 



5 

 8 



17 



44 ^ 

 56K 



32 



I0>^ 



4 



32 

 loK 



4 



i6 



lOO 



l8 



II 

 5 



17 

 44 



'56 



21 

 II 



5 

 8 



17 



44 



70 



13 



100 



18 



II 



5 



25 

 17 

 44 



78 



32 



lOj^ 



4 



32 

 10^ 



4 

 16 



16 



100 



21 

 II 



5 

 8 



17 

 44 



32 

 loK 



4 



vm 



16 



32 

 loK 



4 



13 

 100 



6 



25 

 17 

 44 



'56 



32 , 

 loj^ 



5'/: 



4 



Each box also contained 



Muslin, one yard. 

 Matches, boxes. . . 

 Soap, one cake. . . 



Above weights of food are net in avoirdupois ounces. Each complete 

 ration with its tin container weighed nearly twenty-seven pounds. Ihe 

 five pounds over net weight of daily ration was taken up in tm neces- 

 sary for protection of food. The weight of component parts of daily 

 ration had to be governed to some extent by the size of the. commercial 

 MckLe^n which the food could be purchased on short notice. Austin, 

 Nkhofs & Co. of New York, who supplied the food stores for my 

 polar expedjt°on, worked day and night to complete the packing of the 

 rations on time. 



