Show DRILL HOLES THROUGH ICE seats I 1 necessity of obtaining air in sh i winter calls for tedious and kwinter i constant labor to it Is probable that not one person la in a thousand knows how bow the seal of the far north gets air when hen the areal arctic qi t ix ocean Is entirely covered with many feet of ice lee A 1 g the small spotted seal which Is I 1 a hair seal and find not a fw fur bearer Is the hardy dweller of the northern waters under his tough thick skin he has an inch or more of blubber when the 1 4 ice closes up the open water in the arctic the seal selects a spot and be gins to drill a hole to the surf surface ace by pressing his warm nose against the ice fee nobody knows how many hours it takes him to accomplish his task but he manages it and although he Is 1 obliged to work most of the time be v t cause the surface of the hole Is con freezing he keeps it open all winter and obtains air 0 i 4 0 seals have been known to drill in 41 this manner through 60 50 feet of solid j ice lee whether or not they take turns w in the slow drilling Is not positively I 1 it Is at these seal holes that the polar bear seeks food in the Nv winter inter 1 and there the eskimo waits spear la in hand for his weekly supply of meat |