. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Dwellings 75 In February, 1916, I was travelling in Coronation gulf, and in my party were an Eskimo and his wife. They built a snow-hut for themselves each night while the rest of us slept in a tent. One night while we were camped on the ice a blizzard sprang up and raged all the next day. The dogs refused to face it in the morning, so we had to stay where we were until it abated. There was no wood of course on the ice, and we had very little kerosene for our primus lamp, so our tent was cold and uncomfortable. Two of
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Dwellings 75 In February, 1916, I was travelling in Coronation gulf, and in my party were an Eskimo and his wife. They built a snow-hut for themselves each night while the rest of us slept in a tent. One night while we were camped on the ice a blizzard sprang up and raged all the next day. The dogs refused to face it in the morning, so we had to stay where we were until it abated. There was no wood of course on the ice, and we had very little kerosene for our primus lamp, so our tent was cold and uncomfortable. Two of the Eskimos therefore turned out and built an extension to the snow-hut, then broke down the inter-. FiG. 24. A four-roomed dwelling with a dance-house vening wall. This gave an oblong structure, rounded at the ends, with a long platform for the bed and a very narrow space for the floor in front. The woman kept a small blubber lamp burning in one corner, resting on a block of snow. Her place was right beside it, while the rest of us occupied the remainder of the platform. The original passage was left in place, but was slightly extended and its mouth curved away from the wind. The shape of this hut was therefore very unusual, but it was only a make-shift to shelter us while the blizzard lasted. The Eskimos often enlarge a deserted hut in this way to provide a travelling party with accommodation for the night (Fig. 25).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918). Ottawa, F. A. Acland, Printer to the King
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