Kamiks

As the snow continues to fall here and the weather gets cold, more parkas are coming out as well as kamiks (boots)!  My co-worker Janna made a pair for herself last year, they are made of seal skin with several layers of fleece underneath.  They look really cute, many people were grippers over them for walking on ice.  The uppers are made of treated seal skin and the bottoms are untreated and as a result... they STINK!  But my favourite part is that she has to store them in the freezer over night because they would ROT if she left them out.  Ewww!  People usually keep them in their front room where it is cold enough but because she is an apartment she doesn't have one of those.  I saw some kamiks this morning hanging on a hook outside someone's house.  Just hanging there, being kept from rotting!  I know that's what I want in my boots =)