Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska - Things To Do Alaska
The Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska, has a program to help musk ox survive and thrive in Alaska. Luggage Scale Musk ox, called oomingmak by Native Alaskans, are prized for their thick, under layer of hair, which is combed out and woven into strong, fine, warm fiber known as qiviut. Browse the displays, and take a walking tour with a knowledgeable guide to learn all about this prehistoric creature that usually lives above the Arctic Circle. The farm has a variety of musk ox from new born calves, to cows, and old bulls. The setting is beautiful, and it is enjoyable to be able to visit a working farm. For a fun, informative trip, visit the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska. John Teal's dream to bring musk ox back, and help native villages earn a living weaving the wooly fur, or qiviut, is a success. Qiviuq or qiviut is an Inuktitut word fir the wool of the muskox.
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Alaska 2018 - 27 [a visit to The Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska]
We have some mixed feelings about visiting the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska. (See more at our blog post: As vegans, we’re not really down with using animals.
But, at least the Musk Ox Farm isn’t raising these animals for meat. They harvest Qiviut, their soft underwool, which is highly prized for its warmth. The Qiviut is gently combed from the musk ox in the summer months when they shed it naturally anyway.
The whole idea behind the Musk Ox Farm is to domesticate the animals enough that far north Alaskan natives could keep them as a sustainable farming practice. There are very few opportunities for far north peoples and raising animals already suited to the environment makes sense for them.
So, we get that this visit might be controversial for some vegans. But we also understand that not all cultures have the same opportunities we do.
The tour was thorough and we learned so much about musk ox! They are not really oxen, but more closely related to goats and sheep.
The musk ox population in Alaska was completely wiped out in the late 19th or early 20th century. Thankfully they have been reintroduced into several wildlife refuges, preserves, and national parks.
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On day eight of my Alaska adventure I had made it over Atigun Pass and down on the North Slope on the James Dalton Highway headed for Prudhoe Bay / Deadhorse. Just as I was coming up to these guys two of them squared off and rammed each other head to head!! WOW! These were the first Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) I have ever seen and one of the highlights of the month long, 10,600 mile road trip. The Alaska population were extirpated about the turn of the last century and were reintroduced in 1935.
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Musk oxen are not the only charismatic creatures perfectly suited to the wind-blasted, tundra of the Alaskan Arctic. Meet Joel Berger, Wildlife Conservation Society senior scientist, Colorado State University professor - as well as expert on hoofed mammals. In addition to gathering photos to track how fast musk oxen are growing, Berger conducts a seemingly hazardous test: He dresses up as a grizzly bear, approaches the herd, and gauges their reactions. Berger uses this unusual technique to find out whether the presence of more male oxen makes the herd safer from bears.
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