snow houses
Frozen dome dwellings
Snow houses are structures built from snow, typically igloos constructed by cutting and stacking blocks of compacted snow into a dome.
The term may also refer to any temporary shelter made from snow, such as a snow cave or quinzhee hollowed from a snow pile.
The children built snow houses in the yard after the blizzard.
- Thule cultureMedieval Arctic civilization
- icehouseFrozen block repository
- iglooDomed snow shelter
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- shelterProtected place or structure
structures · buildings · insulation · dwelling · abode · tundra · polar climate · permafrost · Baffin Island · traditional dwellings · polar regions · Arctic wildlife · sled dogs · windbreak · ice fishing · seal hunting · emergency shelter · winter camp
- Arctic PrehistoryThule culture, microblades, harpoons, stone tools, bone tools
- Siberian peoplesAltai
snow housesmud huts
Structures built from wet soil
adobe houses · stone houses · brick houses · wooden houses · bamboo huts
snow housesbrick buildings
castles · fortresses · monuments · monumental architecture · foundations
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