Men exposed to the rigours of the Alaskan winter never wear moustaches They wear full beards to protect the throat and face, but keep the upper lips clean-shaven. The moisture trim the breath congeals so quickly that a moustache would become embedded in a solid cake of ice, and the face would be frozen in a short space of time.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20284, 19 April 1934, Page 1
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