2. Eating Raw Meat and Fish
With cooking fuel often scarce, many early Alaskans survived by eating raw meat and fish. This approach, seen in traditional dishes like Inuit muktuk, offered essential nutrients—such as vitamin C—that could be lost during cooking. Consuming raw food helped prevent deadly scurvy, a constant threat in harsh climates. For more on Indigenous diets and food preservation, visit Smithsonian Magazine.
