"To make matters worse, the problem of food-especially blubber for cooking-was again approaching the critical point. It was three weeks since they had killed a seal, and the meager store of blubber from the Adelies was almost gone. Their stock of provisions from the ship was also nearly exhausted" (121). So the the issue of hunger that had been hanging over the crew's head, is now an even bigger problem. What were they going to do if they ran out of food? They are in the middle of Antarctica. There are no McDonalds nor are there little grocery stores. They are in some big time trouble.
In a sense, the ANTAGONIST in this novel is nature. The cruel reality of the book is that nature does not have feelings. Nature does not care if you have struggled, fought, and have given everything to stay alive. And with the food shortage, it is making the crew understand this.
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