They were right: undercooked seal and penguin meat is a rich source of vitamin C. The problem was the taste. One polar explorer described the flavor of penguin as a mélange of “beef, an odoriferous cod fish and a canvas-backed duck, roasted in a pot, with blood and cod-liver oil mutton and Yorkshire pudding. Jack diplomatically claimed it tasted like steak.


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THE LOST MEN OF Shackleton expedition