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Only among the really ignorant ones. Igloos are a Canadian architectural phenomenon, not traditionally found in Alaska.
Carry on.
Before you go off quarter cocked and run your mouth about any of my friends being ignorant maybe you need to get informed.
The name igloo is derived from Inuit. The Inuits lived and traveled in what is now Alaska and Canada and they didn't know or care if they were in the future land of the Igloo Girl or Yukon.
Thanks to Al Gore you will have severe dificulty in finding any fossil evidence of Igloo since good ol Al's global warming will was your evidence down the drain so how are you going to prove that igloos were only built in Canada as you claim.
"The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright
igloo [Inuit,=house]. The Eskimos traditionally had three types of houses. A summer house, which was basically a tent, a winter house, which was usually partially dug into the ground and covered with earth; and a snow or ice house. The latter was a dome-shaped dwelling constructed of blocks of snow placed in an ascending spiral with a low tunnel entrance. Although it can provide adequate protection for weeks in severe cold, it was used almost exclusively as a temporary shelter while traveling.
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"igloo [Inuit,=house]. The Eskimos traditionally had three types of houses. A summer house, which was basically a tent, a winter house, which was usually partially dug into the ground and covered with earth; and a snow or ice house. The latter was a dome-shaped dwelling constructed of blocks of snow placed in an ascending spiral with a low tunnel entrance. Although it can provide adequate protection for weeks in severe cold, it was used almost exclusively as a temporary shelter while traveling.