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A quinzhee or quinzee / ˈkwɪnziː / is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is built up from blocks of hard snow, and a snow cave, constructed by digging into the snow. The word is of Athabaskan origin [1][2] and entered the English language by 1984. [3]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science noted in 1883: . The only instrument used in the construction of the igloo is the snow-knife. Where the Inuits [] have intercourse with white men, they barter for cheese-knives or long-bladed butcher-knives, remove the double-handle from the tang, and put on a single one about three times as long, which can be readily grasped by both hands.
An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, [ 1 ] Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluitᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow. Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit, they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and the ...
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Wild forecast calls for anywhere between 1 and 7 inches of snow in south-central Pa. A storm could deliver anywhere from one inch to half a foot of snow in parts of south-central Pennsylvania, and ...
Snow ended at ~9:35 AM in central York County, and the sun is already peeking through the clouds. My official storm total is 6.7” after an onslaught of heavy snow from 4:15-8:15 AM. My location ...
2011 Halloween nor'easter. The 2011 Halloween nor'easter, sometimes referred to as " Snowtober, " [4] " Shocktober, " [5] " Storm Alfred, " [6] and " Oktoberblast, " was a large low pressure area that produced unusually early snowfall across the northeastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes. It formed early on October 29 along a cold ...
February 6, 1995. Highest winds. 1-minute sustained: 75 mph (120 km/h) Lowest pressure. 962 mbar (28.4 inHg) The February 1995 nor'easter was a significant nor'easter that impacted the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States around the beginning of the month. [1] It was the only major nor'easter of the 1994–1995 winter.