Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is working on developing a new, warmer fiber for use in military grade uniforms that ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is working on developing a new, warmer fiber for use in military grade uniforms that will keep people posted in Arctic regions warmer and dryer than they ...