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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • a media company in Quincy, Illinois Quincy, an alternate spelling of quinzhee, snow shelter similar to an igloo Search for "quincy" on Wikipedia. Quincey...
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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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    Polygonal fort 1850?- Vernacular architecture Natural building Ice – Igloo, quinzhee Earth – Cob house, sod house, adobe, mudbrick house, rammed earth Timber...
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  • Varsity Blues, (2003–2017) Other Quinsey, a name for peritonsillar abscess Quinzhee, a shelter made into snow Quinzy (band), Canadian musical group Quinsy...
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    hydrology Timeline of snowflake research Ukichiro Nakaya Snow structures Igloo Quinzhee Snow cave Snow grooming Michael P. Bishop; Helgi Björnsson; Wilfried Haeberli;...
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    structures made for sleeping are called igloos when made from snow blocks and quinzhees when made by hollowing out a pile of snow. A snow fort consists of walls...
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  • bingo in TWL and the highest scoring 8-letter bingo without a blank is "QUINZHEE", which amounts to 401 points when played across two triple-word squares...
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  • the mysteries of insulation by building an igloo-like shelter called a quinzhee, and measuring the temperatures inside and outside all night long. Brenett...
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  • mid-January/February, during which children get to play in quinzhee-like snow huts. The quinzhee-like snow huts made for children during the winter festival...
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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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    catchment. snow caves, as well as recessed, dug out, and snow walled quinzhees and bivouac shelters are used to temporarily protect bivouacking climbers...
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  • "yurts" located next to the dog yard at Okpik base camp. Staying in a quinzhee (snow dome) is an option. Participants learn how to train, care for, harness...
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    (Written and directed by Dylan Reibling) Episode 10: Imperviousness: The quinzhee, Canada Goose parka and the Exo-Suit (Written and directed by Michael Morrow)...
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    shore of the lake, participants use the remainder of the day to construct quinzhees which they spend the night in. Tahosa Challenge is part of the Project...
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  • Killarney Provincial Park, and a winter camping trip where they sleep in quinzhees they have constructed. Confederation was the home of the Evolutionary...
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  • Camp Tapico hosts activities such as snowshoeing and winter camping in quinzhees. The camp was established in 1946 and developed a thriving summer camp...
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