The Steakification of Blitzen

The rapid warming of the Arctic may delight those keen on easier shipping, but it's been nothing but terrible news for reindeer and their human overseers. On the Yamal Peninsula, the indigenous Nenet people are watching in horror as their precous herds break legs upon the gravel now popping up from the melted permafrost. And in Alaska, a bare 10,000 reindeer now roam the state's wildlands, down 600,000 just a century ago.

But a reindeer expert hopes to reverse the Alaskan decline, at least, ...