3-028-762 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Power And Meat: Ponies On Which The Furthest South Party Lived. "At This Time There Were Only Three Ponies Left": Lieutenant Shackleton giving his lecture before the Royal Geographical Society, at the Albert Hall, 1909. 'The lecture was illustrated by means of many lantern-slides. With regard to the subject shown on the screen in our Illustration, it may be recalled that in his telegram to the "Mail," Lieutenant Shackleton, writing of the movements of the Furthest South party, said: "The 'Southern Party'...with four ponies...left Cape Royd on October 29, 1908...The ponies often sank to their bellies. In latitude 81 deg. 4 min. we shot the pony 'Chinaman', and made a depôt of oil, biscuit, and.pony-meat. The remainder of the pony-meat we took on to eke out our dried rations...On November 28, the pony 'Grisi' was shot. We made a depot in latitude 82 deg. 45 min. longitude 170 deg. On November 30 the pony 'Quan' was shot...On December 7 the pony 'Socks', breaking through a snow-lid, disappeared in a crevasse of unknown depth.'' The eating of pony-meat was a cause of dysentery".' From "Illustrated London News", 1909.