Show arctic eiderdown Eider down A new industry which ha has S sprung up in hi arctic canada should bring prosperity to the 1500 eskimos living in that region the department of mines and research at ottawa has given permission to the hudson bay company to collect eiderdown eider down on the bird sanctuaries along the coast of baffin island the collecting will be done by eskimos in the slack period between f hunting and trapping seasons and they are being taught to pick the down without scaring the ducks and causing them to abandon their homes the authorities believe that the first seasons pickings will bring in thousands of pounds of down and provide the eskimos with mu much ch needed luxuries |