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Show Explorer Gives Some Facts About Eskimos Vilhjalmur Stefansson, writing under the title, "Popular Errors," In the London Spectator, says that Eskimos Es-kimos do not drink oil. They actually consume less "food for power" than the average Scotsman or Norwegian, and for obvious reasons, if you forget your theories and consider the facts. Eskimos undoubtedly would be fond of fat it is even possible that they might drink oil If it were true that they were more exposed to cold than the rest of us. This is the weak link in the chain. The Eskimos are really exposed to cold less than the average American or Britisher. ( We are told that this is due to the fact they they wear fur clothing out of doors, and that their snug snow huts are so warm that they 'sit in midwinter mid-winter naked in the overheated houses with streams of perspiration running down their bodies, which they mop continually with towels.' Indeed, the only time that Stefansson ever saw an Eskimo shiver was in midsummer when his clothes were worn out. |