This Day in Alaska History-November 10th, 1911
Nineteen years after the reindeer were introduced to the Seward Peninsula, Pacific Cold Storage in Nome spearheaded a move condemning the use of reindeer meat on November 10th 1911. They spread the rumor that the reindeer had tapeworms and thus were unfit to eat. One doctor in the area agreed. But other Local doctors denied […]
