Part I. A representative meal at the beginning of the expedition
(Dec. 1914)
Food
Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat
Variety (satisfactory/unsatisfactory)
Calories (estimated)
Quaker Oats
350
Tinned meat
500
Bacon
300
Dried Fruit
300
Cocoa
100
Analysis:
a. Total Calories consumed in this meal:
b. Estimate the calories consumer per day by multiplying the meal Calories by
3:
c. At this point of the expedition, the activity level of the men per day is
estimated at between 4,000 and 6,000 Calories. Did the men consume enough food
or did they expend more calories then they consumed?
Part II. A representative meal at the middle of the expedition when
locked on ice floes (Dec. 1915):
Food
Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat
Variety (satisfactory/unsatisfactory)
Calories (estimated)
Baked "bannacks" (Dough)
450
Bacon
200
Fried Seal
800
Nuts
250
Tea with sugar
100
Analysis:
a. Total Calories consumed in this meal:
b. Estimate the calories consumer per day by multiplying the meal Calories by
3:
c. At this point of the expedition the activity level of the men per day is
estimated at between 6,000 and 8,000 Calories. Did the men consume enough food
or did they expend more calories then they consumed?
Part III. A representative meal at the end of the expedition (May
1916):
Food
Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat
Variety (satisfactory/unsatisfactory)
Calories (estimated)
Seal steak
800
Penguin Liver
800
Boiled Seaweed
100
Tea
0
Analysis:
a. Total Calories consumed in this meal:
b. Estimate the calories consumer per day by multiplying the meal Calories by
3:
c. At this point of the expedition, the activity level of the men per day is
estimated at between 7,000 and 10,000 Calories. Did the men consume enough
food or did they expend more calories then they consumed?
Part IV: Make a chart so that you can record what you eat in one day.
You should have a section for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Analyze
your food consumption for that day in the same manner that you did the
explorers'. You need a calorie reference in order to do this. The number of
calories you expended in that day mainly depends on your activity level,
height, weight, body build, and gender. An average-sized female consumes 1,900
calories if inactive, 2,200 calories with moderate activity and 2,400 calories
if active. An average-sized male correspondingly consumes 2,200, 2,500, and
2,800 calories. Consider the accuracy of your work. What assumptions and/or
estimates did you make?
Part V: Bar Graph Analysis
This is an analysis of Kilocalories consumed versus Kilocalories expended by
the explorers and you.
