Huskies were fed on prepared
food or locally caught seal meat.
Here a seal is being cut up
into meal-sized chunks to feed the dogs.
The dog food which we carried and
used in the field came in compressed blocks of meat and fat weighing about 1lb
per block (I think) and in boxes weighing 70 lbs each which would last one
team (9 dogs) for 5 days. It's trade name was Nutrican which was abbreviated to
Nutty by the dog drivers.
When away from base the dogs were fed nutty on a cycle
of 1 block on even days and 2 blocks on odd days which was probably a starvation
diet so we took any chance to feed them extra! On base they were fed seal meat
in lumps of about 10-15 lbs each including blubber.
Drummy Small - Stonington 1971 - 73
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