To lose one's spoon would be almost as serious as it is for an edentate person to lose his set of false teeth." During all this time the supply of seals and penguins, if not inexhaustible, was always sufficient for our needs.
Seal- and penguin-hunting was our daily occupation, and parties were sent out in different directions to search among the hummocks and the pressure-ridges for them.

When one was found a signal was hoisted, usually in the form of a scarf or a sock on a pole, and an answering signal was hoisted at the camp.
Then Wild went out with a dog team to shoot and bring in the game.

To feed ourselves and the dogs, at least one seal a day was required.

The seals were mostly crab-eaters, and emperor penguins were the general rule.

On November 5, however, an adelie was caught, and this was the cause of much discussion, as the following extract shows: "The man on watch from 3 a.m.to 4 a.m.caught an adelie penguin.