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Borealis · From the field

Outside is
where it begins.

Wildlife, outdoor skills, seasonal food, and stories earned by spending time out there. Explore the work and the world behind it with Anton Kaska.

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Field Notes & Outdoor LifeWatch · Read · Listen

Follow your curiosity

There’s always
another story.

Start with an animal sign, a question, or a place you love. Stay for the connections between wildlife, land, food, and the skills we pass on.

Beaver lodge in a wooded wetland

Start here · Wildlife & water

When the water
changes everything.

Watch Anton’s field video on beaver flood control, then explore the questions behind wildlife conflicts on your property.

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Featured from the channel

Three stories.
Plenty to discover.

Trapping & perspective

Mink Prices Explode!

Mink prices, fur, and the question: why are we wearing oil?

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Help a neighbor

Skunk stink removal

Anton discusses dealing with skunk spray on people, pets, and around the home.

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Wildlife & property

Beaver control

More from Anton’s work with beavers and wildlife conflicts.

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Choose your trail

Watch. Wonder.
Keep going.

Real field footage and observations from the Borealis YouTube channel. Explore each story through its own photograph or video still.

Video · YouTube

Help A Neighbor Series-Skunk Sprayed!

A video discussing decontaminating you, your pet, the side of your house, and more after a skunk sprays.

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Wild food & seasonal living

What the season
brings to the table.

There’s more to outdoor life than what happens on the trail. This is where seasonal ingredients, practical skills, and food stories will live.

Bacon · At camp or at home ↗

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Don’t let roadkill go to waste.

Anton’s story about making use of a deer struck by someone else, rather than letting it go to waste. A field perspective on food and resourcefulness, rather than a butchering tutorial.

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Anton holds a small jar of bear fat

A quick field curiosity · 17 seconds

Bear Fat Mosquito Repellent

A very short look at an unusual use for bear fat, from Anton’s outdoor life.

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Coming next from Anton: beach plum jam.

Golden autumn foliage framing a distant wooded mountain

Beyond the field

In print.
On air.

Interviews, photography, and appearances from the original Borealis media collection. Publication links may lead to subscription services or publisher archives.

Print Media

American Trapper Magazine, Nov-Dec 2024, Lunch at the New England Readiness Summit An article discussing the Regional Readiness Summit of the National Trappers Association that brought together regional leadership to discuss trapping, challenges, and future plans. Article included discussion of a visit to a local furrier Exclusive Furs of Middletown, Ct. and discussions with the owner, Ramon.

Print Media

The Union Leader Newspaper, Trappers hold on to tradition under siege from social and economic forces

Print Media

Vice.Com An (from the view of a preservationist) article on castoreum use in food which has several interesting tidbits for those unfamiliar with the use of castoreum. The article is entitled, "A History of Flavoring Food With Beaver Butt Juice" Anton was interviewed as part of this article.

Print Media

The Union Leader Newspaper, Trapping Catching On. Article about the growing interest in trapping in New Hampshire.

Radio and Television

Discovery Channels’ Booze Traveler, Season 4, Episode 8 14:35-21:20 Discussing the use of Beaver Castoreum in Whiskey and preparing beaver goulash. This is currently available on Amazon Prime. You must "flick" the button to Season 4, Episode number 8 and advance 14 minutes 35 for or section,

Radio and Television

Cheshire TV, Back to Basics with host Jody Turner: Trapping Today-Wildlife Management and Moral Wisdom (A difficult live to tape with no editing 58 minute interview.)

Radio and Television

New Hampshire Public Radio: The Exchange The conflict over co-existing with beaver. A radio interview featuring Sam Evans-Brown - host of NHPR's Outside/In , Anton Kaska (Borealis Traders), Skip Lisle - wildlife biologist and owner of Beaver Deceiver International, and Patrick Tate - wildlife biologist with N.H. Fish & Game

Keep exploring

Take the next trail.

Something happening on your property?Explore wildlife control →Bring the outdoors into learning.Schools, homeschool & community groups →A story for the next generation.Discover Tracks on the Creek →
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