Alaska-Arctic Furs

EDWARDS HIGHLIGHTS ALASKAN NATIVES DURING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/5/2009; 977 words; ...river fish. They traded furs and other goods with...Klinkit) in Southeast Alaska and Inupiaqs and Yupiks...their home in Southeast Alaska, a region of lush forests...early 19th centuries, Arctic Alaska, stretching from Norton...Russian explorers and fur traders who conquered...

Villagers of `Tuk' brave climate's front line ; Residents build wind turbines
The Boston Globe; 9/20/2009; 754 words; ...would do on this windy Arctic coastline. They're...world, stretching from Alaska through the Siberian...to Canada's eastern Arctic islands, a circle of...degrees in much of the Arctic, much faster than the...Her father, one-time fur trapper Eddie Gruben...

Arctic Blast; For a couple of months in Churchill, Manitoba, the polar bears come calling
The Washington Post; 9/13/2009; 3286 words; ...the Russian and Alaskan Arctic, I had marveled at polar...apartment for a cabin in Alaska. But the icebreaker...in their circumpolar Arctic range is it possible...it was founded as a fur trading post in the 18th...gateway to the Canadian Arctic. There are no roads...

Study: Young Arctic muskoxen better at keeping warm than scientists thought.
NewsRx Health & Science; 9/13/2009; 978 words; ...especially cold winters in their arctic habitats. But in measuring...muskoxen at the University of Alaska's R.G. White Large Animal...in muskoxen and other large arctic herbivores has been variously...They are insulated by thick fur called qiviut, and they likely...

OPTING OUT OF MIGRATION: AS CLIMATE WARMS, ARCTIC-NESTING GEESE ELECT TO WINTER IN ALASKA INSTEAD OF MEXICO
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/10/2009; 933 words; ...such as Mexico to sub-Arctic areas as Alaska's climate has warmed...released article in Arctic. Until recently, nearly...spend their winters in Alaska instead, according to...Pacific cod, northern fur seals, and thick-billed...