In Alaska a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples, called Inuit, still inhabits the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo-Aleut family and this term is commonly used to describe Yupik, IƱupiat and Inuit peoples.
1 - These people used to live in the snow igloo, or igluviga of the Inuit, made of blocks of wind-packed dry snow. Although as a dwelling type it provides conditions far below the comfort range of industrialized peoples, this ingenious microclimatic control using only snow provides amenable indoor living well above a survival mode; snow is stacked against the more popular karmet or qummik of stone, whalebone, and sod, and even against tents, tupiq for its insulation value. Igloos  are solid, sound-proof, wind resistant and they are large enough for comfort.