 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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THE ARCTIC HERO WHO WAS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD; Hero of the Arctic: John Rae, top, led successful expeditions and discovered the Northwest Passage as well as the fate of the incompetent Sir John Franklin, above, whose ill-fated expedition perished, left.
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
| Date:
May 10, 2008
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Byline: Jeremy Hodges
AS a non-smoker, John Rae had a problem on long, Arctic expeditions. Allhis men smoked like chimneys. So they would build two igloos to protect themfrom the icy blast. In the bigger, smoke-filled igloo, seven men huddled forwarmth in one big bed as the temperature outside fell to minus 40 Fahrenheit.
In the small igloo, wrapped in buffalo robes and three blankets, Rae would readShakespeare or hug the ink bottle to thaw the contents so he...
