f you intend to stay in Alaska during the winter, you'll want to pick up some Bunny Boots.

This pricey, heavy, cumbersome all-rubber, all-weather footgear was originally made for the military.

But now bunny boots are prized by Alaskans, especially dog mushers and snowmachiners.

Although high-tech manufacturers have tried to invent light-weight synthetic alternatives to bunny boots, this is the only boot that can be completely filled with ice water and still keep your feet from freezing - the unofficial test, as all Alaskans know, of ruggedness in footwear.