Show DRILL HOLES THROUGH ICE I 1 seals Is necessity of obtaining air in winter calls call for tail tedium and constant labor it li is probable that not one person fis a K th thousand awl kiowa irs how the seal clad of 0 th tha far north gets gem air it when he the alette oman ocean lg is entirely covered with me many feet of it ice the th small 11 spotted potted shad seal which I 1 of a hair still and not ant a fur bearer la is the hardy dweller of the northern waters under his bis tough thick sua lt he be b has an aa inch or more a of blubber when V hen the tha ells ice it closes up athe ihor open water to in tb the arctic the seal selects hicls a spot and b begins to drill a hole to the surface by b pr pressing ssang his warm drw use nose against this th it ice nobody it knows how many say ho honra it takes hl him to accomplish his bis task but but he on manages gas it and ad although im he I 1 la obliged liged to work most of the time because the surface of the me hole Is continually freezing lie he keeps it open all winter of it and obtains air seals sin have been known to drill la in this thia manner through 50 feet of solid I 1 ice whether or ot at they tole tale two turna I 1 in the he slow drilling Is not at positively 1 known we it 1 ts at these seal holes boles that tho the polar bear seeks scale food I 1 in tile the winter and ad there the eskimo walts waits A spear I 1 in hand blind for his weekly supply of meat |