The progressive disappearance of seal skin use in Cistercian bindings coincides with climatic and economic transformations ... that of books covered with skins from the Arctic, traveling along ...

Hughes took part in the Inuit community’s annual ice fishing competition for arctic char. Seal hunting is an essential part of life for the Inuit. The skin, like this one from a recent kill ...

It opens with scenes of icebergs and glaciers, showcasing the stark beauty of the Arctic landscape. The film transitions to human life, depicting families outside seal-skin tents, engaged in ...

This book is among nearly 100 found in France by researchers at the University of Cambridge to be bound with seal skin. The books belong to a French monastery from the 12th century. (Matthew Collins) ...