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Houses of snow, skin and bones : native dwellings: the Far North
—Shemie, Bonnie, 1949-
1989

Book

Describes the construction materials and methods used by the Inuit to build different types of shelters suitable to their environment.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9780887763052
  • 9780887762406
  • 0887763057
  • 0887762409

Description: 24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 22 cm.

Contents:

  • The severest climate on earth
  • "Igluvigak--the snow house
  • Living in snow houses
  • Shelters of stone, skin and whalebone
  • The Alaska sod-house
  • Summer dwellings--tents of many kinds.

LCCN: 89050778

Control Number: 30340

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books, [1989]
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