We hummed along to Christmas carols and watched icebergs ... While others brought home souvenirs of soapstone, fox fur, and seal skin (the Arctic alternative to gold, frankincense, and myrrh ...

But another Christmas classic ... most about the cold isn’t the one at the bottom of your garden, but the Arctic fox. Its fur is so deep and thick that is able to maintain a consistent body ...

When I was in the Arctic last summer, we learned about the Arctic fox, which is now classified as an endangered species. On Herschel Island, I met two scientists who were studying not only Arctic ...