Captain Markham, in his account of a voyage to the Polar regions, says : —lt is a curious fact connected with those who were for a long time absent from their ships, that the hair on their faces was bleached nearly white. The loss of colour was gradual, and, though noticed, was never alluded to, each one imagining that his companion’s hair was turning grey from the effects of hardship and anxiety. It was only after their return to the ship that those possessing beards and moustaches discovered the change of hue in their own hair. The colour gradually returned in three or four weeks.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5015, 24 May 1889, Page 4
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