Show DRILL HOLES THROUGH ICE seals necessity of obtaining air in winter calls for tedious and constant labor it la Is probable that not one ione per person sonIn in a thousand knovs how tho seal of the far north gets alt air when the arctic oceail Is entirely coverer cov e r i ed with am many any feet of ice fee the small spotted seal bat which is a halt half seal go at fidd nota nofo fur bearer la Is the the hardy dweller r of the northern waters under his tough thick has nn an inch or mora more of blumb eh when the ice closes ul up the open writer in tile the Arct arctic lc the seal selects a spot and begins to drill a hole to ih the i surface sm face by pres pressing slug his Is warm karm nose aga against insi the ice nobody knows how many hours it ft takes him blin to accomplish his task but he bo manages it and although he ls Is obliged to work the time because cailee the surface of the hole ia continually ally freezing bo 6 keeps it lo 10 often en all v inter and obtains dir air 11 1 eals have been known know nto to irlia in this manner through 60 50 feet or ot solid ice whether or not take turns t in h the slow drill drilling ibi Js is not noi positively known I 1 it t s at t these seal helep bolea that the po polar ln r bear ar seeks f bod inthe winter and there the eskimo waits sp spear earAn in hand fa tk his weekly supply of meat |