The show isn't really about being hysterical or insane, but arctic hysteria sounds like some contageous psychological condition... So I had to investigate further. Actic hysteria, also known as pibloktoq, is a condition where you throw off your clothes, run outside into the freezing air and throw yourself into a snow drift (or something like that.) A good account of this in the Inuit is here. Of course in Finland, it's not a neurosis, it's a sport.
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