THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



The biscuits were packed in 2 5 -lb. tins, and they 

 weighed about fourteen to the pound. All the other 

 foods we packed in calico bags, each bag holding one 

 week's supply of the particular article. Larger bags 

 in turn contained a fortnight's rations, from which a 

 week's food would be taken as required. The weight 

 of one of the fortnightly bags, which did not include the 

 biscuit, was 98 lb. 



The clothing worn by each man when we started 

 on the southern journey was very light. We had 

 experimented on the spring sledging journey, and had 

 proved that it was quite possible, even in very low 

 temperatures, to abandon the heavy pilot cloth gar- 

 ments, which tire the wearer by their own weight, and 

 to march in woollen undergarments and windproof over- 

 alls. The personal equipment of the members of the. 

 Southern Party was as follows: 



Woollen pyjama trousers. 

 Woollen singlet. 

 Woollen shirt. 

 Woollen guernsey. 

 Two pairs thick socks. 

 One pair finnesko. 

 Burberry overalls. 

 Balaclava. 



Burberry head covering. 

 Woollen mits. 

 Fur mits. 



Each man had his spare clothing and his personal 

 belongings in a bag, the total weight of which was about 

 seventeen pounds. The contents of each of these bags, 

 in addition to diaries, letters and similar personal posses- 

 sions, was as follows: 



Pyj ama sleeping- j acket. 

 Pyjama trousers, spare. 



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