ANTARCTIC CLOTHING.
"What was your protection?" a Wellington pressman asked Professor David, a member of Lieutenant Shackleton's expedition. "We were not heavily clothed," explained the Professor. "Woollen garments next our skin, and burberrys' over all. We found the latter material, a sort of waterproof fabric, wonderfully effective in keeping out the wind. The party bound for the south had very little else but a couple of pairs of pyjamas under their burberrys. The full equipment included flannel drawers, jumpers, and two pairs of socks, burberry trousers and blouse with helmet of the same materials. The helmet is very cleverly contrived. It is something like the old-fashioned coal-scuttle bonnet in the way it sticks out in front, but the projection is more like a funnel. The wind cannot circulate in it, and there remains near your face a moderately warm cushion of air." "'The hatless brigade' would be badly off in the Antarctic, then?" "Yes," they would soon be 'the headless bridgade," promptly an swered Professor David.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3149, 29 March 1909, Page 4
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166ANTARCTIC CLOTHING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3149, 29 March 1909, Page 4
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