P.P.Pick Up a Penguin

It is claimed, in a book by Julian Sancton, that Norwegian, Roald Amundsen beat Scott to the South Pole, because he was penguin-powered (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/16/the-secret-of-how-amundsen-beat-scott-in-race-to-south-pole-a-diet-of-raw-penguin). Amundsen had earlier experienced being trapped in the Antarctic ice, aboard a Belgian expedition ship. The crew developed scurvy (a Vitamin 'C' deficiency) and were dying. The Belgica's American doctor, Frederick Cook, devised a cure. He reasoned that Inuits didn't suffer from scurvy, because they ate raw meat (you didn't get many limes and oranges in the far North). Amundsen and the crew of the Belgica were eventually persuaded to eat raw (or almost raw) penguin and seal flesh. The penguins were apparently attracted for slaughter, by a sailor playing a cornet. The crew recovered and were eventually able to cut their way out of the ice. A plan was devised, as a result of this experience, for a South Pole attempt. The idea was to kill and eat the sleding dogs, to save weight. Amundsen used his knowledge of incorporatng raw meat in the diet, to keep his team free of scurvy. In contrast, Robert Scott's British team were plagued by the deficiency disease. Scott had, earlier rejected any idea of eating sledging dogs as 'cruel and unsportsmanlike'. Amundsen won the race to the South Pole and Scott's team perished.