Donald B. Macmillian, on his way into Polar regions, says the biggest difficnlty in the way of such an expedition is not cold, loss of food, or lack of modern conveniences. It is solitude. Tlio men get talked out. They learn all the little details in each other’s lifo history, and there is nothing now to toll. ' The men boro each other, and the solitude preys upon thorn. So Macmillian has forbidden the men to talk except at certain times, and has told them to keep apart for periods during the day. Here is a good hint for the married.
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Evening Star, Issue 19063, 5 October 1925, Page 4
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