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  2. Eskimo potato - Wikipedia

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    The Eskimo potato is a type of edible plant that grows in the northern areas of Canada and Alaska. The plant's scientific name is variously attributed as either Claytonia tuberosa [1] [2] (Inuit: oatkuk [3]) or Hedysarum alpinum (Inuit: mashu [3]).

  3. Hedysarum alpinum - Wikipedia

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    The Inupiat people call the plant wild potato and obtain dietary fiber from the roots. Alpine sweetvetch is the most important food source for the Dena'ina people after wild fruit species. [1] The Eskimo train dogs to locate stores of roots that have been cached by mice.

  4. Into the Wild (book) - Wikipedia

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    Since McCandless lived on a diet of rice, lean meat, and wild plants and had less than 10% body fat when he died, Krakauer hypothesized that McCandless was likely unable to fend off the toxins. However, when the Eskimo potatoes from the area around the bus were later tested in a laboratory of the University of Alaska Fairbanks by Dr. Thomas ...

  5. Mousefood - Wikipedia

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    Various species of tundra plants may be foraged as mousefood. The roots of tall cottongrass, white cottongrass and Russett cottongrass are less than an inch long. They are eaten, put in soup, or used medicinally with seal oil. "Eskimo sweet potatoes" are the roots of Hedysarum alpinum.

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    Kinngait, Nunavut. This remote hamlet of Kinngait, formerly known as Cape Dorset, is surrounded by an otherworldly, snow-draped Arctic landscape offering a chance to spot herds of caribou, pods of ...

  7. List of potato cultivars - Wikipedia

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    These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes. The yellow colour, more or less marked, is due to the presence of carotenoids. Varieties with coloured flesh are common among native Andean potatoes, but relatively rare among modern varieties.

  8. Utqiagvik, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    It is derived from the Iñupiat word utqiq, also used for Claytonia tuberosa ("Eskimo potato"). [9] The name was first recorded by European explorers in 1853 as "Ot-ki-a-wing" by Commander Rochfort Maguire, Royal Navy. [10] John Simpson's native map dated 1855 has the name "Otkiawik", which was later misprinted on a British Admiralty chart as ...

  9. Category:Plant common names - Wikipedia

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    This category is primarily for articles whose title (and subject) is a common name for a plant that does not correspond to a single scientifically recognized species (or other taxonomic rank). There should generally be some shared characteristic that can be discussed in an article (e.g. cardamom is a spice derived from multiple species; tree ...

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