If it had helped a thousand-pound bear survive Alaskan winters, maybe it would work for lucky Coop.

He is even better at evoking the daily hardships both the hippies and the locals face in dealing with the onset of a brutal Alaskan winter.

This is the timeless story of Buck, a dog who was stolen, sold, and beaten into submission in the Alaskan winter.

But the Alaskan winter - recent overnight lows ranged from 25 below to 45 below zero - is high season for the Japanese.

Misperceptions about native suicides are common, he said, including the belief that more people kill themselves during the dark Alaskan winters.

Eyakers want to make sure you're strong enough to survive the Alaskan winter: "They don't want to waste any favors on you."

He has survived teen-age delinquency and harsh Alaskan winters to become that role model the U.S. women were talking about.

Anyone who downloads the 40-second video can see the refuge's white, barren coastal plain in the dead of the Alaskan winter.

However during the intense Alaskan winters, they will also feed on woody vegetation and lichen.

Sitka deer population fluctuate considerably due the harsh Alaskan winters.