WE BEGIN OUR SLEDGING 
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in charge of supplies. Kindly pay special atten¬ 
tion to the uses of them. The rations are: 1 lb. 
pemmican, 1 lb. biscuits, with tea, per day. One 
gallon of oil will last you ten days. Mamen will 
leave one sledge and the tent, taking back with him 
enough supplies to carry him to Shipwreck. 
Whilst on the island you will endeavor to find 
game. Be sure and bring it to your camp. Also 
collect all the driftwood you can find. 
Very sincerely, 
R. A. Bartlett. 
The list of things carried on the sledge may 
serve to show what the Arctic traveller needs. 
Shelter, fuel and food, these are the three essentials 
for ice travel as they are for the journey of life 
itself. This is the way the mate’s party was 
equipped when it set out from Shipwreck Camp on 
January 21, 1914; there were enough supplies to 
last them for three months: 
First Sledge: 
4 cases of man pemmican 
1 tin of Hudson’s Bay pemmican 
10 gallons of coal oil 
2400 tea tablets 
1 tent and fly 
1 Primus stove 
46 lbs. of biscuits 
500 22-cartridges 
1 22-rifle 
Candles, matches, pickaxes 
1 sledge cover 
