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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (15965)	3/2/2002 12:01:41 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

OT - I guess it depends on your definition of "igloo". I've always understood that the snow-block house was not used in Alaska... home.att.net Dwellings. The well-known word igloo actually means any type of dwelling. The snow-block house that is usually pictured as the typical Inuit home was used primarily in the region stretching from Labrador west to north-central Canada. It was unknown in Alaska and very little used in Greenland. To make this structure, hard-packed snow was cut into blocks with a long knife made of bone, ivory, or metal. It was usually possible for a man to put up this kind of igloo in an hour. In the igloo, Inuit slept on a low snow platform covered with twigs and caribou furs. Each igloo had a skylight made of freshwater ice. When summer arrived the igloo melted, and the family had to move into tents made of animal skins. Here's some pictures of an igloo in Canada... sorrel.humboldt.edu sorrel.humboldt.edu