Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Real eiderdown is one of the warmest natural fibers you can find, but it doesn't come cheap. And an eiderdown double duvet could cost you over $8,000.

What do Connecticut and Greenland have in common? A unique duck that inhabits both coastlines and yields the world’s finest eiderdown. Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) are large, arctic-nesting ...

Jean-François Giroux is a director of the Société Duvetnor, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the islands of the Lower St. Lawrence and to public education through an ...

Bird experts say it's rare to see a king eider at Tommy Thompson Park as the Arctic-bred ducks are often spotted along the Atlantic Ocean.

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