Made by hand in the northerly village of Ely, Minn., and modeled after footwear invented long ago by Arctic tribes, Steger Designs' mukluks are among the most unique of winter boots. Seal skin and ...

Chicagoan Kelly O’Brien wears her shearling fur for fashion. Function calls for a different uniform. “Yesterday I went out to Army-Navy and bought this huge military-issue coat,” O’Brien said during ...

ELY -- When Emily Montgomery learned she had late-stage colon cancer, she began making a list. "A bucket list, before people started calling it a bucket list," she said. One item: a trip to Ely.

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It's a story so whimsical it could have been a children's tale. And now, it is. Last winter, Lana de Bastiani went down to Yellowknife's Rat Lake for a skate. She left her brand new Steger mukluks ...

ELY -- When Emily Montgomery learned she had late-stage colon cancer, she began making a list. "A bucket list, before people started calling it a bucket list," she said. One item: a trip to Ely.