Show snow houses in the arctic A snow enow house is the most moat adapts ble of dwellings if it gets too warm either for the comfort of the inhabitants or because the roof begins to thaw you can lower the temperature by enlarging the ventilating hole with your knife it it gets too tod cold you make the hole adaller by stuffing a eltten into it if the roof begins begin to thaw because it Is made of blocks that are too thick you send a man out with a long knife or machete and he bo thins them down until tho the frost with out dut neutralizes the heat from within and the thawing stops but ij if you have made your our roof too thin th n and acar hoarfrost frost begins to form front from your breath and from the steam that aisis risis rise from the cook ing then a man goes out with a shovel instead oft knife and nd throws a little soft snow on the th roof to blanket it irom from the excessive told Ilar carpers pers magazine |