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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 ...
Qarmaq (plural: "qarmat") [1] is an Inuktitut term for a type of inter-seasonal, [2] single-room family dwelling used by Inuit. To the Central Inuit of Northern Canada, it refers to a hybrid of a tent and igloo, or tent and sod house. Depending on the season, the lower portion was constructed of snow blocks or stone, while the upper portion ...
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 Aleutian Tradition is an archaeological culture which began around 2500 BC and ended in AD 1800. Aleutian artifacts are made out of chipped stone, unlike the ground slate tools used by archaeological cultures on the mainland of Alaska. The Aleutian people lived in semi-subterranean winter houses made from driftwood, whale bone, and peat.
Eskimo (/ ˈɛskɪmoʊ /) is an exonym that refers to two closely related Indigenous peoples: Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Canadian Inuit, and the Greenlandic Inuit) and the Yupik (or Yuit) of eastern Siberia and Alaska. A related third group, the Aleut, who inhabit the Aleutian Islands, are generally excluded from the ...
The people also made a crude form of pottery and there was much use of bone and antlers for heads on harpoons, as well as to make darts, spears, snow goggles, blubber scrapers, needles, awls and mattocks, also walrus shoulder-blade snow shovels. [6] There are many important innovations that emerged that allowed hunting to be more efficient.
Tipi. An Oglala Lakota tipi, 1891. A tipi or tepee (/ ˈtiːpi / TEE-pee) is a conical lodge tent that is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure, and historically made of animal hides or pelts or, in more recent generations, of canvas stretched on a framework of wooden poles.
Igloo effect. The Igloo effect refers to the phenomenon that allows igloos and similar structures to remain warm on the inside, despite being made of snow and located in frigid environments. The effect is primarily due to two factors: insulation and body heat.