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The right to be cold6/27/2023 Skins can be thinned throughout the year, but many tanners in northern climates prefer to scrape the hide while frozen. Cold weather is favorable for thinning the hide of a thick-skinned animal like a moose to prepare it for tanning at a later stage. The thick skins and coats of fox, beaver, moose and deer enable them to survive the harshness of winter through to the longer days and warming temperatures that lie ahead.Īt this time of year, in early February, morning temperatures can hover around minus 20☌-exciting times if you’re a hide tanner. The risk of frostbite and hypothermia is palpable.Īs most people prepare to stay indoors and keep warm during the cold snap, I think about the creatures who inhabit the boreal forest. The City of Thunder Bay is under an “Extreme Cold Warning,” bringing windchill values to minus 40☌ overnight. As I write this on an evening in early February, one of the coldest nights of the year is approaching.
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