ALCOHOL AND COLD WEATHER 125 



friends that twenty of them were alive and well. Only 

 two had died. 



Nowadays people who explore the coldest countries 

 are very careful about what they drink there and just 

 when they drink it. They are sure that it is not best to 

 drink anything that has alcohol in it while they are well 

 and working hard. When a man is ill the doctor should 

 decide what is to be done. 



If Dr. Hodge could have taken Bum and Tipsy and 

 Nig and Topsy on a sledding trip to Greenland, and if 

 he could have hitched Nig and Topsy to one sled and 

 Bum and Tipsy to the other, he would have found that 

 Nig and Topsy traveled faster than Bum and Tipsy 

 every day, went farther, and carried the heavier load. 



In such matters as this it is about the same with men 

 as with dogs. 



Dr. Hayes was a surgeon who went with Dr. Kane to 

 explore in the Arctic regions. Afterwards he said that 

 he would never again take any alcoholic drink with him 

 on such a trip, and that he would not let anybody go 

 with him who had ever used such drinks. He said he 

 knew from experience that those who use alcohol cannot 

 endure the cold so well as other people. 



All these facts show that the man who wants to do 

 the thing that is safest for his health and the man who 

 wants to do the best work he can in cold weather need 

 to go without drinking. 



