New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
TUE ART OF KEEPING WARM
WHAT PEARY ATE. DRANK AND WORE
IN THE FAR NORTH.
,uy PSYCHOLOGISTS MAKE DIET AND CLOTH
ING THE MAINsTAYs OF COMFORT IN
WINTER r. THE PEOPLE WHO
BEST ENDURE COLD.
BEST ENDURE COLD.

BEST ENDURE COLD.
r. Is not such a difficult thing to keep warm
.. cold weather" said Lieutenant r e Feary
,,s other day IN conversation. III you only
trov how Up in the Arctic regions the climate
tn1re equable than it is here. TO be sure Inc
changes of temperature are much less marked
indeed. there Is hardly any difference at all be-
+uean one day and the next, and the colo u
nuch more Uniform through the twenty-foui
hon-s than down In these latitudeS But mucn
hwer temperatures are observed in the vicinity
q. Whale Sound. for instance, than IN New
York In this city the mercury rarely goes down
to zero: II Is not uncommon In the Arctic regions
mr. spirit thermometers to register thirty. forty
and fifty degrees below zero. The lowest tenn
ne-a,ure which myself experienced was o6 be
low. You know that there's an inhabited region
In Siberia where record of nearly ~ degrees
,e,ow has been made And hare no doub
mat a sound man OF woman. with the proper
cre. could safely endure much more extreme
cold than that"
"Do Won think there is much difference In peo-
ME in their ability 10 stand such weather
aside from the soundness Of their physical con
aition?"
Yes" said the famous explorer. While 1t
may not be universal rule. the doctors say tha'
temperament enters very largely into the mat
ter Men Of the 'sangune' type, who are al
The same time blondes are much better fitted &c
endure cold than dark men and persons or q
phleguatIc temperament They seem TO have g
higher heats generating power, and to radlatt
warmth. Just as some men give of animal mag
netisTn."
"Of course, you dress much more heavily II
high ATTITUDES than IN low ones"
"To be sure. We rely more largely OF furs
when out Of doors than on woollen goods. Wher
sed-iug over the ice caps I wore an undershir
Of dressed fawnskln with the hairy side turned
inward and deerskin coat over il having th'
hair turned outward The use Of double sui
ef fur IS common with certain Esquimaus They
use seal for this purpose 10 some extent; bu
you must remember that IL Is the skin or TIT
bar seal and not the fur SEAL
What difference did you make in your die
Bhel you went north?'
Little. except In the quantity I ate l have
always eaten freely Of meat and little Of othe
thngs II the Arctic regions l took about thre
times as much animal food as I would when a
hone. Meth nor any Of my party INDUCED
much In fatty foods. We never te seal bluobe
and never drank oil Even the Esqu.mau
no. consumers Of Oh. and used blubber chiefly
not entirely. for their lamps. My observation
does not accord altogether with that Of som,
ethers who have been north"
How far are wine and spirits helpful in en-
aiding a man to endure cold DO you Think"
every little except in emergencies where II II
important 10 save time If We could hav
hot tea or hot coffee We would use spirits only
as q physician would. Suppose. for instance
that We were out sledging in bitter weather. anC
one OF the party should give signs Of exhaustion
might take two or three hours. with our small
appliances, TO melt ice into water and hea
che water sufficiently 10 make tea coffee. Blu
brandy could be administered instantly. / think
however. that on certain social occasions IN TIT
Arctic regions, as well as at home, little lgh
wine IS good thing"
ARE The Esqlimaus by reason Of adaptation
to their environment and by heredity, bette
qualified TO endure Arctic temperatures than ar:
Caucas.ans%
an some respects they certainly have th'
Advantage q Us. They are tougher, or less sen
sitive 20 cold and will expose themselves in
way that would Kill almost any one else. The
EsQumau. while leaning over 10 whip his dog
or while lifting MS arms for other purposes vii
often open gap Of three or four inches arOunC
his waist between his upper and lower gar
mentS lie does not seem TO mind little Trims
Ike that; but such an exposure would give yol
or me disease Of the kidneys that would carr!
Us 10 early grave. on the other hand. whel
II comes 10 short ra,iOns and discOuraging con
dlu0ns the LsquImau Will not show the forti
TIDE. courage and wIl-pOwer which are charac
eristc Of our own people"
Another Naval officer who had been In tn
Arctic regions said 10 Tribune reporter las
week. to Illustrate the hardness OF the Esqui