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November 1, 1878

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A summation of the autumn's hunting showed that between two and three hundred deer had been killed, so we felt relieved of all anxiety in regard to a winter's supply of the very best of all Arctic meat.

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Encamped for the First Winter

The Long Arctic Search - The Narrative of Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, U.S.A.

Frederick Schwatka

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Our canvas tent becoming very uncomfortable, on account of the intense cold, we had a large ice igloo constructed into which we moved on the first of November, and found it decidedly more habitable. The last cold snap commenced to bring in the scattered native hunters to erect their winter quarters and Camp Daly, a la glace began to assume a very lively aspect. A summation of the autumn's hunting showed that between two and three hundred deer had been killed, so we felt relieved of all anxiety in regard to a winter's supply of the very best of all Arctic meat. A plentiful supply of reindeer skins was assured for winter clothing and bedding, and of the very best too, for the skins secured in October are superior to those taken later in the year, the hair being less liable to come out, and not so heavy as to render the clothing impliable. After January the reindeer skins are worthless and are thrown away by the native hunter until about the middle of August, when all of the winter's hair has shed and the short summer coat is then in its prime. From it is made all the native underclothing, or that which is worn with the hair towards the body. For about the middle of September until the first of October the skins are valuable for outside clothing, worn hair-side out, and for bedding and from this later they steadily deteriorate,

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	Trapping, Exploring, Hunting	The sales of furs, and the exploration of new routes to new lands, and finally the hunting of animals made a significant impact in the history of the modern world, and often the people living remote to civilization would have to take advantage of the ways of the native people and eat like them. In this way, they would be carnivores by need, as fishing, hunting, and eating trapped animals would be the best way to get a meal, and animals can be processed down into high fat pemmican to get the best bang for the buck when it comes to transporting fuel as weight.
	Eskimo	The Inuit lived for as long as 10,000 years in the far north of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland and likely come from Mongolian Bering-Strait travelers. They ate an all-meat diet of seal, whale, caribou, musk ox, fish, birds, and eggs. Their nutritional transition to civilized plant foods spelled their health demise.
	Carnivore Diet	The carnivore diet involves eating only animal products such as meat, fish, dairy, eggs, marrow, meat broths, organs. There are little to no plants in the diet.