But the birch bark not white after all, as you got closer.

NEWYORKER: Amundsen

Its cherry veneer, framed with maple, is decorated with porcupine quillwork, more conventionally used to embellish hides or birch bark, not solid wood.

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Brittle-looking birch trees with black marks on their white bark, and some small, untidy evergreens, rolled up like sleepy bears.

NEWYORKER: Amundsen