The fat is important. You aren't going to survive on rabbits, no matter the quantity. Regarding abundant game in colder climates, see http://www.adn.com/articl

The fat is important. You aren't going to survive on rabbits, no matter the quantity. Regarding abundant game in colder climates, see http://www.adn.com/article/20131020/fuzzy-math-alaska-subsistence-too-many-people-not-enough-fish-game http://www.adn.com/article/20131020/fuzzy-math-alaska-subsis.... Winters are long, summers short. The result is a relatively unproductive ecosystem. There are an estimated 175,000 to 200,000 moose in all of Alaska. There are an estimated 76,000 in Maine, a state about 5 percent the size of Alaska. If far-north Alaska could grow moose as efficiently as mid-continent Maine, there would be about 3.8 million of the big ungulates here. Many Alaskans wish it was so. They'd like a moose behind every spruce, but it will never happen. Alaska is not a rich land; it is a harsh land. Before the white invasion, only about 75,000 people survived here on what the land would yield. Today, the Alaska population is approaching 10 times that number. The Native population alone is double what it was before white contact. The idea people are going to go back to living off the land come an apocalyptic collapse of the U.S. economy is a myth.