3 - Cape Nome is at the southern edge of the range of Iñupiaq-speaking Eskimos; here they lived in their semi-subterranean sod-covered winter houses all year long. The southwestern winter house found along the mainland coast and inland was essentially a variant of north Alaska coast house; the figure below depicts a composite of design variants that typify the northern Central Yup’ik area. It represents the Unaligmiut, or Unaleet, dwelling found around Saint Michael; the Unaligmiut design had an antechamber, near-surface passage or tunnel and two tiers of sleeping platform. The Unaligmiut lived in their tunnel-and-passage house (ini) throughout the year and inhabited their alternative dwellings at times, at the least from October to June.