Steger Moosehide Mukluks are the ultimate winter boot. That’s why they’re routinely used on major expeditions in the Arctic, Antarctica, and for events like the Iditarod. Patti Steger, Steger Mukluk ...

Steger, once married to Arctic explorer Will Steger, learned how to hand-sew both mukluks and moccasins from native women in the early 1980s while traveling from village to village on an Arctic dog ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.