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 ...

There's a secret hiding under the thick, coarse pelt of muskox: a wool that's light, soft and warm, and which a group of people in Kuujjuaq, Que., recently learned to turn into yarn. It all starts ...

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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 ...

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. Instructor Rachel Guindon, left, walks participants through the process of turning the underwool from muskox — called qiviut — ...