【单选题】

Like______, Arctic scientists sequestered on the Pole must accustom themselves to long periods of sensory______, and regard all calamities as matters of indifference.
A．(A) predators… immersion

B．(B) ascetics… concentration
C．(C) prelates … adaptation
D．(D) explorers … intransigence
E．(E) stoics… deprivation