. Hunters of the great north . ng-haired caribou skins with the hair that she put a second layer of skins with the hairside up and on top of that our blankets—some of themreindeer and others cotton or wool. A snowhouse is best suited to being heated with alamp, either the Eskimo lamp or, even better, a blueflame kerosene stove or an alcohol lamp. We were, how-ever, now traveling through a country well supplied withdriftwood and for that reason we carried a sheet-ironstove instead of a heating lamp. We took two piecesof wood about four feet long each and placed them onthe snow as far
. Hunters of the great north . ng-haired caribou skins with the hair that she put a second layer of skins with the hairside up and on top of that our blankets—some of themreindeer and others cotton or wool. A snowhouse is best suited to being heated with alamp, either the Eskimo lamp or, even better, a blueflame kerosene stove or an alcohol lamp. We were, how-ever, now traveling through a country well supplied withdriftwood and for that reason we carried a sheet-ironstove instead of a heating lamp. We took two piecesof wood about four feet long each and placed them onthe snow as far apart as the length of the stove. Ontop of these we put some sheet iron and on top of itthe stove itself. A hole was made in the snow roof bigenough for the stovepipe and over that part of the roofwe spread a piece of canvas about four feet square thathad a stove ring sewed to it through which the stovepipeprojected. I thoughtlessly imagined that when the fire was lightedit would soon thaw a huge hole in the wall back of the. Building a SnowhouseAll the men in this picture are young Americans, members ofone of Stefanssons expeditions.
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