Good, warm flannels can be worn under the parka, and the whole outfit will weigh less than the ordinary clothes worn in a country where the weather gets down to zero.
"All about the Klondyke gold mines"
J. Armoy Knox J. G. Pratt
The parka is almost cold proof.
"All about the Klondyke gold mines"
J. Armoy Knox J. G. Pratt
The natives make a fur coat, with hood attached, called a "parka," but it is clumsy for a white woman to wear who has been accustomed to fitted garments.
"All about the Klondyke gold mines"
J. Armoy Knox J. G. Pratt