snow-hut

• “Thus we agreed to dig a passage the whole length of the drift, and terminate it by a large snow-hut, in which we were to have a vapour bath.”

  The South Pole~ Preparing for Winter

• “Hanssen, snow-hut builder by profession, went to work at it.”

  The South Pole~ Preparing for Winter

• “In a temperature such as we now had, a snow-hut is greatly preferable to a tent, and we felt quite comfortable when we came in and got the Primus going.”

  The South Pole~ The End of the Winter

• “The bathroom, which had looked so spacious and elegant in the fog, reduced itself to a little snow-hut of insignificant appearance.”

  The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim

• “Victoria, where the Eskimos built him a "commodious snow-hut in half an hour.”

  A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

• “Why he himself, he feels, could enter a Bedouin tent or an Eskimo snow-hut and find some bond of union with the inmates.”

  Mince Pie

• “For this reason I held no book more precious than one which describes how a young man after being shipwrecked lived for a long time in a narrow snow-hut, and it was conscientiously stated that he became aware of digestive disturbances.”

  Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy

• “Lady Lansdowne thought she would have a bamboo house built in this great banyan tree for her little daughter, the same little girl for whom I had built the snow-hut at Ottawa, for she happens to be my god-daughter.”

  The Days Before Yesterday

• “And so unmistakably a naval officer, that if you were to meet him coming out of an Esquimaux snow-hut in seal's skin, you would be vaguely persuaded he was in full naval uniform.”

  The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English

• “After refreshing themselves with the reindeer-venison, and drinking half-a-pint of rum, in which the children had their share, the Esquimaux took leave of their hosts; but before saying goodbye, the young girl invited Mrs Barnett to visit their snow-hut, and the lady promised to do so the next day, weather permitting.”

  The Fur Country

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