How can you tell the difference between prehistoric fossil mammoth ivory and white elephant ivory? What exactly is a "Schreger line"? How big DO the mosquitoes really get in Alaska? Find out the answers to these questions and more by reading these articles and stories below...
How Cold Does it Get in Alaska?
by Lew Tobin
One winter long ago, I was in Barrow when it got so cold that the electric generators broke. Back then,...
How Big do the Mosquitoes Get in Alaska?
By Lew Tobin
t was one of those freakish warm sunny days, late in the fall. Around Koyuk, a small village on the...
One Man’s Brush with the Bush in Nome Alaska
By Lew Tobin
There is a real beauty in living in the Alaska Bush, but you have to be kind of deprived...
Save the Whales
By Lew Tobin
Before Greenpeace became popular, a team came to the Northwest coast to produce a TV series from the "original"...
How Do I Tell the Difference Between Elephant and Mammoth Ivories?
Or, What are Schreger Lines?
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