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![[Eskimo building an igloo; completing the first layer of ice blocks]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvZXNraW1vLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWFuLWlnbG9vLWNvbXBsZXRpbmctdGhlLWZpcnN0LWxheWVyLW9mLWljZS1ibG9ja3MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/247/jpg "[Eskimo building an igloo; completing the first layer of ice blocks]")
![[An Eskimo] inside of an igloo - Frank G. Carpenter collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYW4tZXNraW1vLWluc2lkZS1vZi1hbi1pZ2xvby02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[An Eskimo] inside of an igloo - Frank G. Carpenter collection")
![[Filling ice house at Mt. Kineo, Moosehead Lake, Maine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODkvMDEvMDEvZmlsbGluZy1pY2UtaG91c2UtYXQtbXQta2luZW8tbW9vc2VoZWFkLWxha2UtbWFpbmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Filling ice house at Mt. Kineo, Moosehead Lake, Maine]")
![[Concrete construction at Gatun Lock site, Panama Canal]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvY29uY3JldGUtY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLWF0LWdhdHVuLWxvY2stc2l0ZS1wYW5hbWEtY2FuYWwtMmRmMGM0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Concrete construction at Gatun Lock site, Panama Canal]")
![[Illustration of an Eskimo on a sled pulled by two dogs]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFuLWVza2ltby1vbi1hLXNsZWQtcHVsbGVkLWJ5LXR3by1kb2dzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Illustration of an Eskimo on a sled pulled by two dogs]")
