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Danger Muskox and Danger of Musk ox wool prices 

19.5.2023 16:38

My first personal meeting with muskoxen (Оvibos moschatus, in Latin “musky sheep-ox”) happened in Alaska in one of the Wildlife Conservation Centres there. That time I was surprised how different muskoxen look from other Arctic animals: having such a massive ugly body they have very short legs but with very strong hooves. There was quite …

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Relations and beyond – keynotes by Vitebsky, Strathern and Ingold to be streamed

16.3.2023 13:04

At the Arctic Circle in Finland, Rovaniemi, we are frantically putting the finishing touches to the programme of the biennial conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society, from 21-23 March 2023. The programme is now online, here . More on the keynotes below, . Alla and Puti Okotetto enact their relation with cards, Yamal Peninsula, Sabetta, …

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The ’battery belt’ by public transport

13.3.2023 11:02

NPE researcher Hanna Lempinen shares her experiences of travelling from Rovaniemi to Umeå by public transport.