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![[Eskimo building a snow house south of Cape St. David, Cumberland Gulf, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvZXNraW1vLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWEtc25vdy1ob3VzZS1zb3V0aC1vZi1jYXBlLXN0LWRhdmlkLWN1bWJlcmxhbmQtZ3VsZi1iYWZmaW4tNGM2ZjZiLTEwMjQuanBn/320/257/jpg "[Eskimo building a snow house south of Cape St. David, Cumberland Gulf, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada]")
![[Great snow pit from below, Riesengebirge, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZ3JlYXQtc25vdy1waXQtZnJvbS1iZWxvdy1yaWVzZW5nZWJpcmdlLWdlcm1hbnktODM0Zjg2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Great snow pit from below, Riesengebirge, Germany]")
![[An Eskimo igloo on Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada] - Frank G. Carpenter collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYW4tZXNraW1vLWlnbG9vLW9uLWJhZmZpbi1pc2xhbmQtbm9ydGh3ZXN0LXRlcnJpdG9yaWVzLWNhbmFkYS0zZjZiNzEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[An Eskimo igloo on Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada] - Frank G. Carpenter collection")
![[Eskimo building a snow house, Canada] - Frank G. Carpenter collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvZXNraW1vLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWEtc25vdy1ob3VzZS1jYW5hZGEtOGE5ZmFiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Eskimo building a snow house, Canada] - Frank G. Carpenter collection")
![Eskimo building co[?] house at East Cape, Siberia](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTcvMDEvMDEvZXNraW1vLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWNvLWhvdXNlLWF0LWVhc3QtY2FwZS1zaWJlcmlhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "Eskimo building co[?] house at East Cape, Siberia")
![Icebergs and glacier, Frobisher Bay [Northwest Territory, Canada]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjkvMDEvMDEvaWNlYmVyZ3MtYW5kLWdsYWNpZXItZnJvYmlzaGVyLWJheS1ub3J0aHdlc3QtdGVycml0b3J5LWNhbmFkYS02NDAuanBn/40/19/webp "Icebergs and glacier, Frobisher Bay [Northwest Territory, Canada]")
![[David Berry Gamble house, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, California. Water terrace]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvZGF2aWQtYmVycnktZ2FtYmxlLWhvdXNlLTQtd2VzdG1vcmVsYW5kLXBsYWNlLXBhc2FkZW5hLWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtd2F0ZXItdGVycmFjZS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[David Berry Gamble house, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, California. Water terrace]")
![[Glacier House, Selkirk Mtns., Canada]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZ2xhY2llci1ob3VzZS1zZWxraXJrLW10bnMtY2FuYWRhLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Glacier House, Selkirk Mtns., Canada]")
