| Permanent and semi-permanent homes resembling igloos were built of sticks and branches plastered with mud, and with cow dung on the roofs. |
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| Inuit igloos in the Arctic and felt-covered yurts on the Mongolian steppes, for example, have been used for centuries. |
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| Consider the Inuit, otherwise known as Eskimos, sitting in their igloos or caribou hide tents. |
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| There could have been a set comprising of totems, carvings, teepees, long houses, or igloos. |
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| Winter dwellings may have been built from stone blocks like the familiar igloos of more recent times. |
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| They learnt how to keep it for quite a long time by building ice houses, with a dome, which looked like igloos. |
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| The project is expected to be long term, with the igloos remaining in the area as protective enclosures, shielding the penguins from dangers of domestic animals. |
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| Their ice-fishing, dog-sledding and, in former times, igloos are synonymous with Arctic living. |
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| Previous exhibits have included metal insects crawling over a car, curvy stone women sunbaking on the rocks and wire igloos on Tamarama Beach. |
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| One can learn how to drive teams of huskies, build igloos, and share the mulled wine. |
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| This year National Tree Day saw sixty-five Swansea primary school students assist in assembling miniature igloos for the local penguin population. |
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| I am sure they know how to make igloos, but I do not think they camp in them. |
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| Inuit do not live in igloos, unless they are sleeping over night on the land. |
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| Educating people from southern Ontario, e.g. people from the south believe that we have only dog sleds and igloos. |
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| Specific examples include relating canoes and igloos to physics, chemistry and engineering. |
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| Elders spoke of their experiences giving birth in their traditional communities in igloos and later in the nursing stations. |
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| Most of his generation of people lived in igloos, made their living from the land, and moved to another place in the summer. |
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| One was a film about Eskimos building an igloo, which was pretty lousy, because there was a ponderous commentary which tried to tell you that Eskimos live in igloos. |
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| In addition, unexpected storms have left hunting parties stranded, and harder packed snow due to recent wind changes makes it more difficult to build igloos for shelter. |
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| Played out in peat lodges and ceremonial igloos the Inuit games involved contorting bodies, jumping, kicking and various arm-pulling trials of strength. |
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| A play area featuring igloos and snow castles is planned where toddlers would be able to build snowmen and throw snowballs and there would also be room for tobogganing. |
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| He expects to find volunteers or hire workers to videotape elders teaching traditional skills like sewing parkas and sealskin mitts, as well as building sleds and igloos. |
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| He also worked in the North with Inuit whose eyesight had been damaged by time spent in smoke-filled igloos. |
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| April 6 was party time in the Grand Palais. Mobile phone operator SFR installed an original scenography in the Nave featuring a giant Rubix' Cube and four inflatable igloos. |
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| Greens warn of environmental risks in developing them: a big oil spill would be disastrous for fragile Arctic ecosystems. The igloos have goneSuch fears are reasonable, but often exaggerated. |
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| Today, most Inuit use snowmobiles instead of sleds and dog teams, live in houses instead of igloos and wear snowmobile boots and commercially made parkas. |
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| A hundred years ago Inuit were living on the land in igloos. |
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| But he also travels more widely, to Washington state to try to ascertain whether Paradise or Mount Baker has the highest annual snowfall in the world, and among the Inuits where he learns to build igloos. |
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| Follow these steps to discover the tipis ans igloos section. |
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| They responded by developing needed aids to living like parkas, igloos, dog sleds, snowshoes and canoes, and doubtless improving on their design as time went on. |
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| Penguins love to have parties and igloos are popular places to have them. |
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| Ice house There's nothing quite like sleeping in a room made of ice, and Norway has two such places, styled somewhere between the ice palaces of Disney folklore and simple igloos. |
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| Humans have lived in dome structures, from yerts to igloos, for centuries. |
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| Survival on the ice is more difficult as well, because stronger winds are often packing the snow harder and making it unsuitable for building igloos. |
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| Glass igloos The glass igloos of the Kakslauttanen Holiday Village, deep in the snow-cloaked forests of Saariselka, Finland, are heated and provide uninterrupted views of the night sky. |
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| There are snowmobiles and sled dogs, prefabricated houses and igloos. |
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