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What kind of food did they store and eat that was to last five years? And water? The wiki is light on these details in my skimming of it.
by JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
What kind of food did they store and eat that was to last five years? And water? The wiki is light on these details in my skimming of it.
- budlightvirus 5y agoThey mention building a shelter with walrus hides so I'd imagine they did a fair amount of hunting rather than trying to bring all their supplies with them from the outset. Shackleton's voyage used a similar approach.
- fifilura 5y agoAt this period in time, before Vitamin C was discovered, fresh meat, in particularly raw meat, was critical for survival. The canned food didn't contain vitamin C so scurvy was a constant problem. The competent explorers learned the habit of eating raw meat from the inuits. That said, the walrus hut was built by Nansen and Johansen after leaving the ship.