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thumb|right|Exterior of a quinzhee, facing the entrance
A quinzhee or quinzee () is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is built up from blocks of hard snow, and a snow cave, constructed by digging into the snow. The word is of Athabaskan origin and entered the English language by 1984. A quinzhee can be made for winter camping and survival purposes, or for fun.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quinzhee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.