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    A quinzhee or quinzee /ˈkwɪnziː/ is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. This is in contrast to...
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  • to; Igloo, a shelter built of snow blocks, originally built by the Inuit Quinzhee, a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow in the United States...
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    portal Canada portal Glacier cave – a natural hollow space within a glacier Quinzhee – a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow Snow cave – a...
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    coastal North America, West Coast, Northern California Oca – Brazilian hut Quinzhee – Canadian snow shelter Yurt – Central and North Asia HORSA hut – a prefabricated...
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    House Hut Lean-to Mia-mia, Indigenous Australian for a temporary shelter Quinzhee, a shelter made from a hollow mound of loose snow Ramada, a roof with no...
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    snow dug out when creating the cave. Another kind of snow cave is the quinzhee, which is constructed of piled and packed snow rather than created by digging...
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    Mitato Musgum mud huts Oca Orri Palloza Pit-house Qargi Qarmaq Quiggly hole Quinzhee Rondavel Roundhouse Ruka Sassi di Matera Shieling Sod house Sukkah Tongkonan...
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    Kamakura (かまくら or カマクラ) is a type of traditional snow dome or quinzhee in snowy regions of Japan. Kamakura may also refer to the various ceremonial winter...
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    and ice, is needed — generally 4 to 5 ft (1.2 to 1.5 m) is sufficient. A quinzhee is similar, but constructed by tunneling into mounded snow rather than...
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    Inuit peoples for igloos and snow is used to build a shelter called a quinzhee. Ice has also been used for ice hotels as a tourist attraction in northern...
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