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Did you know about keeping warm?
Heilongjiang, just to the south of Siberia, has a climate comparable to Alberta's, quite capable of producing -30°C winter temperatures. Conical skin lodges, rather like tipis, were common in the region, and were widely used by hunting and fishing peoples. How did people living in more settled villages deal with such cold? They used a special form of housing:

Their houses are several feet high and have no tiles but are covered with wooden planks (shingles). Sometimes they take birch-bark or use straw twined together. Walls and fences have normally wooden doors which invariably face the East. The room is surrounded by a couch of clay. Underneath they make a fire. They sleep, eat and rest upon it. It is called k'ang and they use it because of it warmth. (Franke 1975:129)

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