The musk ox, an ancient creature that was nearly wiped out of existence a century ago, has made a comeback in the Arctic, bringing with it one of the rarest and finest fur coats on the planet. The ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Instructor Rachel ...

There are only two farms actively producing qiviut (kiv-ee-utt) in Alaska and none in the rest of the country, but its fantastically soft and warm qualities – plus the economic benefit it can provide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tanis Simpson in Inuvik last summer. Simpson and her brother, Bradley Carpenter, started Qiviut Inc. around mid-2019, but she's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, many knitters still depend on wool for utilitarian purposes, but you also have the luxury of being able to pick your ...

June 21 (UPI) --On a blustery March day at the Large Animal Research Station, just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, manager Emma Boone plods through the facility's northern paddock as a pair of teenage musk ...

From a gentle Arctic beast has come one of Alaska`s success stories. Beneath the long, coarse outer hair of the musk ox, or ”oomingmak,” as the Eskimos call it, comes a wool softer and rarer than ...

This week we're hearing from Vivian Osborne in North Pole. Osborne owns Arctic Qiviut, the first fiber mill in Alaska. OSBORNE: So we are the very first commercial fiber mill ever in Alaska. We make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Instructor Rachel Guindon, left, walks participants through the process of turning the underwool from muskox — called qiviut — ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Tanis Simpson in ...