Monday, January 25, 2010

25 January, 1911

AUTUMN PARTY

12 men, 8 ponies, 26 dogs

Animal food:
130 bales compressed fodder = 13,650 lbs
24 cases dog biscuit = 1400 lbs
10 sacks oats = 1600 lbs
TOTAL= 16,650 lbs

PONY SLEDGES

Between all the 8 sledges we carry:

Pony furniture
Driver's ski and sleeping bags
Cookers and primus instruments
Tanks of biscuit, sacks of oats
Tents and poles, alpine rope, bamboos and spare gear
Oil cans, spirit cans
Food bags, ready provision bags
Picks, shovels, Boxes of tools

Total weights per sledge, average: 570 lbs

DOGS

Sledge straps and tanks
Cookers and primus
Biscuit
Alpine Rope, lamps, candles
Provision bags
Sledge meter

Total average weights per sledges (2 sledges) = 488 lbs

SPARE GEAR PER MAN

2 pairs under socks
2 pairs outer socks
1 pair hair socks
1 pair night socks
1 pyjama jacket
1 pyjama trousers
1 woolen mitts
2 finnesko
Skein
Books, diaries, tobacco, etc.

Total weight: 12 lbs

DRESS

Vest and drawers
Woolen shirt
Jersey
Balaclava
Wind suit
Two pairs of socks
Ski boots


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