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How learning to use snow to build a quinzhee can be fun, help you stay warm and even save your life
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Jim Baird, filmmaker and writer on the outdoors, talks about how he discovered the Dene tradition of quinzhee building and explains how the simple snow structure can be an effective way to brave the winter elements.