I have just finished reading 'Home of the Blizzard ', the story of Douglas Mawson and his expedition to Anatartica. Sitting in my nice cosy lounge room with the fire burning I still had a chill running through my bones as I read of the conditions Mawson and his men had to endure. It sounds as if Douglas Mawson had some super natural ability to handle extreme cold and a few of his expedition members where quoted in the book commenting on his ability to continue on seemingly unperterbed when all around him were struggling in icy gales and way below freezing temperatures.
Mawsons physical description doesn't seem to vary greatly from other members of his team so what was it that enabled him to deal with temps that others were unable to tolerate ? How much of dealing with the cold is mental and how much relates to a persons physical attributes ?
I'll be sitting by my nice warm fire waiting to here what you think .........