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nourishment, dies in a few hours.
It may surprise many to learn that the primitive shape of
the igloo is, nonetheless, traceable to the primus stove.
Eskimos have lived for ages in round stone houses, and, for the
most part, still do. The igloo, made of snow blocks, is a fairly
recent development in the life of this stone-age people. To live
in such structures became possible with the coming of the
white man and his portable stove. The igloo is an ephemeral
shelter, devised for temporary use by trappers. The Eskimo
became a trapper only after he had made contact with the
white man; up until then he had been simply a food-gatherer.
Let the igloo serve as an example of the way in which a new
pattern is introduced into an ancient way of life by the
intensification of a single factor in this instance, artificial heat.
In the same way, the intensification of a single factor in our