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Volume 2 - January 1936

Contents

Page 14 of 20

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska: Completed Expedition

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska: Completed Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada and Labrador: Projected Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska

Article

  • Snow-House Building

  • Graham Rowley
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 October 2009, pp. 109-116

  • Igloo is one of the few Eskimo words that most white people understand, and shares with kayak and oomiak the distinction of appearing in almost all English dictionaries and occasional cross-word puzzles. The great majority of Eskimos, however, have never seen a snow house and it is only among the Central tribes (roughly those living in Canada east of the Mackenzie) that it has reached its fullest development. One result of this is that it has seldom been adopted by white travellers except in this region, though here it has been shown time and again during the last hundred years to be the most suitable form of dwelling for winter travel. It does not necessarily follow that the snow house would be as satisfactory in other polar regions, but I think that there are occasions when it could be used by expeditions to their advantage. Certainly all serious travellers should know how to build one in emergency. This is by no means so difficult as it is reputed to be, and two or three days' practice should give a reasonable proficiency. First I shall describe the normal building method of the Igloolik tribe, and then give various modifications which may be preferred according to individual taste.

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska: Completed Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska: Projected Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada and Labrador: Completed Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska: Projected Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Alaska: Projected Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada and Labrador: Completed Expeditions

Arctic Regions: Antarctic Regions: Completed Expedition

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska: Expeditions in the Field

Arctic Regions: Arctic Canada, Labrador and Alaska

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