- all
breed in the
cooler latitudes of the
Northern Hemisphere. The
down feathers of
eider ducks and some
other ducks and geese, are used to fill
pillows and...
- The
Eider Canal (also
called the Schleswig-Holstein Canal) was an
artificial waterway in
southern Denmark (later
northern Germany)
which connected the...
- and
outdoor bedding, such as
quilted coats and
sleeping bags.
Goose and
eider down have
great loft, the
ability to
expand from a compressed,
stored state...
- The
common eider (pronounced /ˈaɪ.dər/) (Somateria mollissima), also
called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a
large (50–71 cm (20–28 in) in body...
-
Sanikiluaq had an
eider down factory for 20 years. It
closed down in 2005 due to
government funding running out and the po****tion of
eider ducks decreasing...
-
North American side,
eider down initially was preferred, but once the
eiders were
nearly driven to
extinction in the 1770s,
down collectors switched to...
- also to
procure walrus ivory,
narwhal teeth, seal and
polar bear fur,
eider down,
muskox horns and
caribou antlers. Norðrsetur
could be
reached by rowed...
- eggs in a s****e on the
ground lined with gr**** and
down. When he
first described the king
eider in 1758, in the 10th
edition of his opus
Systema Naturae...
- did not see
down production as a
reasonable source of
income and
tended to
overexploit eider nests with "indifferent"
collection of
down feathers from...
-
effort to find warm clothing, the
inhabitants of the
islands sought the
down of
eider ducks,
seaducks who nest on the island. In 1870, Rupert's Land was ceded...
