Standard food boxes ..... 891 pounds 404 kg
Luxury food boxes ....... 135 pounds 61 kg
Emergency food boxes ..... 74 pounds approx. 34 kg
All food ............... 1100 pounds 499 kg
Food per man-day ......... 37 ounces 1040 g
Standard food box contents
(24 boxes, 20 man-days each)
Item .................. Unit # Pounds
Pemmican .............. Bar 5 3½
Freeze-dried meat ..... Pkt 5 1½
Potato powder .......... Bag 2 2
Vegetables, dehydrated . Bag 2 1Ό
Soups .................. Bag 4 1
Bacon ................. Pkt 1½ 1½
Meat, dehydrated ...... Tin ½ 1
Egg powder ............. Bag 1 ½
Rolled oats ............ Bag 1 3
Milk powder ............ Bag 3 1½
Sugar .................. Bag 1 5
Biscuits, Tararua ...... Pc 60 3
Butter, Argentinean .... Tin 3 3
Marmite (yeast extract). Jar 1 Ό
Peanut butter .......... Bag 1 Ό
Salt ................... Pkt 2 ½
Raisins ................ Pkt 2 1½
Chocolate, Nestlιs ..... Bar 16 5Ό
Boiled sweets .......... Pkt 1 ½
Fruit crystals ......... Pkt 2 Ό
Cocoa .................. Pkt 1 Ό
Bournvita (beverage) ... Pkt 1 Ό
Tea, loose ............. Pkt 1 Ό
Coffee, instant, Nestlιs Tin 1 0.125
Vitamin C .............. Tab 12
Multi-vitamins ......... Tab 8
Wire bag sealers ....... Ea. 8
Toilet paper .......... Roll 2
Total pounds ................ 37
Total pounds, 24 boxes ..... 891
Empty plywood box, pounds .... 6
and denote average quantities for alternative items.
In addition, there were two emergency 30-man-day food
boxes with the most concentrated of the above foods.
Luxury food box contents
(4 boxes, 120 man-days each)
Item .................. Unit # Pounds
Vegetables, dehydrated . Bag 1 Ύ
Meat paste ............. Tin 2 ½
Salmon ................. Tin 2 1½
Herrings ............... Tin 2 1½
Curry .................. Tin 1 Ό
Chutney ................ Jar 1 1
Herbs .................. Pkt 1 0.025
Soup ................... Pkt 2 ½
Cheese wedges .......... Pkt 2 1
Cheese ................. Tin 2 2
Instant pudding ........ Pkt 8 2
Jelly .................. Pkt 6 1½
Apricots, dried ........ Pkt 8 4
Milk powder ............ Pkt 1 2
Fruit .................. Tin 3 3Ύ
Honey .................. Tin 1 5
Jam .................... Tin 2 3½
Nuts and sultanas ...... Bag 5 1
Boiled sweets .......... Bag 2 1
Biscuits ............... Pkt 2 1
Wire bag sealers ....... Ea 12
Toilet paper .......... Roll 1
Total pounds ................ 34
Total pounds, 4 boxes ...... 135
Equipment on each sledge
(Each two-man team pulled a sledge.)
Nansen sledge and hauling traces
British Polar tent
Bamboo pole, for surveying and crevasse probing
Food boxes: six standard plus one luxury
Kerosene Primus fuel: 8 gallons 36 liters
Kitchen box (see below)
Sledge bag (see below)
Backpacks (see Personal)
Bedding rolls, 2 (see Personal)
Ice axes, skis and ropes (see Personal)
Equipment shared between two sledges
Two-way radio (Model 557) and modulator
Theodolite and theodolite legs
Survey box (see below)
Geological equipment and specimens
Medical kit
Sledge repair kit
Shovel
Survey box
Theodolite eyepiece filters and other accessories
Photogrammetry camera (modified Paxette)
Film for photo panoramas from survey stations (35 mm B&W)
US Navy trimetrogon oblique aerial photographs
Map, Tucker Glacier, prepared by John Millen
Star tables (to compute geographic position from celestial observations)
Book of seven-figure logarithms
Office supplies (as under Personal)
Sledge bag
Man-hauling and climbing equipment (see Personal)
Piton hammer
Boots or mukluks
Gloves
Vacuum Thermos flasks, 2
Cameras
Binoculars
Compass, magnetic
Barometer
Signal mirror (to attract attention in emergency)
Smoke canisters (ditto)
Kitchen box
Primus cooker
Kerosene metal bottle, quart,
Kerosene cans, gallon, 8
Metafuel (methyl alcohol Primus starter fuel)
Funnel, fuel
Matches
Primus prickers (to clear clogged fuel jet)
Primus spare parts
Pressure cooker
Billies, 2 quart 2 liter, 2
Billy clamp
Plastic bowls, cooking/eating, 4
Mugs, enamel, 2
Spoons, 2
Sheath knifes, 2
Tin opener
Sponge
Pot cleaner
Plastic eating bibs (hardly used)
Candles
Alarm clock
Air mattress pump
Tent brush (to remove snow from clothing)
Personal items
(Mostly kept in a Mountain Mule backpack, except for bedding.)
Bedding
Air mattress
Foam plastic pad over air mattress
Sleeping bag, outer, oversized Everest model
Sleeping bag, inner, 20-Below model
Head wear
Balaclava
Sun hat
Upper wear
Down jacket
Anorak
Tee-shirt, 3
Shirt, wool, 2
Jersey, wool, 2
Scarf, wool
Balaclava hat
Bib, eating
Lower wear
Windproof over-trousers
Trousers, wool, pair, 2
Long johns, pair, 2
Underpants, pair, 6
Hand-wear
Mitts, wool, pair, 2
Over-mitts, wool, pair, 2
Gloves, wool, light (for surveying)
Mitts, leather (for building rock cairns)
Foot-wear
Mukluks, pair
Boots, leather, pair
Slippers, pair
Socks, wool, pair, 10
Anklets, pair, 1
Dubbin leather treatment, 1 tin
Boot laces, 1 pair
Inner soles, nylon mesh, pair, 3
Eye protection
Sun glasses
Snow goggles (with spare lenses)
Toilet
Soap, cake, 2
Toothbrush
Toothpaste powder, 4
Brulidane sunburn cream, tubes, 2
Zinc sun block cream, tube, 1
Towel, hand
Handkerchief, 4
Man-hauling over snow and climbing
Skis and poles, pair (Skis had polar bindings.)
Ski seal skins, pair
Ski wax, can
Ice axe
Crampons, pair
Rope, nylon, 120 feet 36 m
Waist loop
Prussic slings (for crevasse rescue), 3
Karabiners, 3
Pitons screw, ice, rock 1 each
Man-hauling sledge harness and trace
Photographic
Camera, Yashica, 35 mm
Camera, Rex, 120 (2Ό square)
Exposure meter
Filters, UV, salmon and yellow
Lens hood
Film, 35 mm, colour print, 6
Film, 35 mm, monochrome, 1
Film, 120, colour print, 4
Film, 120, monochrome, 11
Writing and reading
Notebooks, 2
Writing pad and envelopes
Rubbers (erasers), 2
Pencils, 14
Paper back book, 2
Camera instructions
Morse code, etc.
Miscellaneous
Cash
Sewing kit
Beer for Christmas, cans, 2 per man
Cigars, 9 (communal)
Tobacco, 1
