To be precise to see a man about a good number of sledge dogs.
All day Stig rides on the sledge, a real sledge dog.
After their arrival the inexperienced party struggled to master the art of Antarctic travel, in the process losing most of their sledge dogs.
Since the bindings were made of leather, the ravenous sledge dogs would often gnaw at them when the men were asleep.
It has been later shown that seal meat with the blubber attached is the ideal food for a sledge dog.
Furthermore, when sledge dogs are given insufficient food they become difficult to handle.
The advantage of the sledge dog is its greater mobility.
There is no such thing as making a pet out of a sledge dog, these animals are worth much more than that.
Borchgrevink brought 90 sledge dogs, the first ever used in Antarctica.
In front of the old hut are the remains of crabeater seal carcasses, which provided food for the sledge dogs used by the men.