There was an exhibition here a few years ago about polar exploration. It included two head-to-toe wolfskin suits that Shackleton (I think) had had made for one of his little jaunts. They'd had to stop using them after a day or two because evening in the deepest cold on earth, they were far too warm!
B > On 25 Nov 2015, at 18:46, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wolf fur used to be the preferred trim for the hoods on heavy parkas, > particularly the ones the Army & Air Force issued to personnel stationed > near the arctic circle. > > Frank mentioned that fur trim on parkas and coats was making a > resurgence. I don't know if the stores are selling wolf fur or not, but > that's what the image called to my mind. > > For all I know it may be an image of coyotes. Whether it's Wolves or > Coyotes doesn't make much difference to me, but that particular image > was NOT rodents. > > Whichever way the political winds are blowing, I know a hawk from a handsaw. > > >> On 11/24/2015 11:39 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> It is available from several Alaskan sources. >> >> I've considered buying a wolf pelt. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: PESO - The Protestor >>> >>> No store sells wolf fur. Pure propaganda. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:36 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I think that's wolf fur. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 11/23/2015 11:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Children are dying of malnutrition; they protest about rodents. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:43 PM, frank theriault >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> As we walked downtown yesterday we saw a bunch of police cars in front >>>>>> of Holt's, a very upscale department store. An animal rights group was >>>>>> protesting fur in general, but also the fact that Holt's sells it: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll likely have a gallery later in the week, but until then, this >>>>>> kind of sums it up: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/11/the-protestor.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Fur trim on parkas and coats is unfortunately seeing a resurgence >>>>>> around these parts. I'll keep political thoughts to myself. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >>>>>> >>>>>> cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> frank > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
