THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



close to the outer cover of the aluminium cooker in 

 order to catch the first whifF of the delicious aroma 

 which told that the tea in the water of the inner cooking- 

 pot had been just brought to the boil. With the first 

 sniff of the aroma the messman would immediately 

 unscrew the brass valve of the Primus, so as to let the 

 air in and the Primus lamp down, with a view to saving 

 paraffin oil. 



