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The burial that the three mean were given was a proper burial- a coffin was made, and they were dressed. This implies that 19th Century Victorian men showed respect to their dead, by burying them properly, even in below 0°C weather. Burial in a coffin suggests that it was a Western tradition. Journalist David A. Adams writes that //“The crews’ records show they regularly shot large game such as bear, for ‘sport’ but refused to eat the meat, preferring to hunt birds and hare for their table…Apparently, despite their failing health, they believed survival worthwhile only if it were achieved as gentlemen. At all costs they had to avoid ‘the vulgar subterfuge of going native”// This shows that whilst the explorers were trying to survive in the Arctic, they refused to eat nutritious food such as seals and Arctic musk ox, as it was ‘ungentlemanly’. From this, we can suggest that the British explorers were proud of their traditions and didn’t want to resort to local culture.