The Construction of a Snow Hut. 



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Plate II 



A hut built in the autumn while the snow was still shallow. The travellers have therefore unloaded 

 one of their sleds and are using it to convey snow-blocks. The builder's head is just 

 visible inside the structure. Southwest Victoria Island, 1915 



f Photo by J.J. O'Neill) 

 B. The man on the right has been cutting snow-blocks outside and passing them in to hia companion. 

 •The latter is closing the root; his hand can be seen holding a snow-block in place. 

 On the left his wife is shovelling soft snow around the edge. 

 Bernard Harbour, 1915 



