Life, 1896-11-19 · page 1 of 18
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# Life Magazine, November 19, 1896 The bottom cartoon, titled "Getting Acclimated," depicts two men in conversation. One says: "Leary, the arctic explorer, intends living in a steam-heated flat this winter" and the other responds "Ah! Training for another polar trip?" The joke satirizes an Arctic explorer (identified as "Leary") who, after enduring extreme cold during polar expeditions, now plans to live in the comfort of a heated apartment for the winter. The other man sarcastically suggests this comfortable arrangement is "training" for future Arctic expeditions—implying the opposite: that comfort is the worst possible preparation for extreme conditions. The humor relies on the absurdity of this contradiction in preparation methods.
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VOLUME XXVIII. ‘""" "NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 19, 1896. NUMBER 725. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second.Class Mail Matter. Copyright, 1896, by Mircuett & Mitten. : iplete would GETTING ACCLIMATED. “ LEARY, THE ARCTIC EXPLORER, INTENDS LIVING IN A STEAN-HEATED FLAT THIS WINTER,” “AH! TRAINING FOR ANOTHER POLAR TRIP?” comicbooks.com