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Without burning wood, how do people in the Arctic keep warm or light their homes in the winter?

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Without burning wood, how do people in the Arctic keep warm or light their homes in the winter?

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While there is a variety of plant life in the arctic tundra as well as small amounts of driftwood, wood was not readily available to northern peoples. Instead of burning wood for heat or light at night, people in the north used the oil from the fat of seals or other marine mammals as their primary source of fuel for lamps and fires.

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