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semi- subterranian earth lodge
This summer my friends and I have been constructing a semi- subterranean earth lodge on the Tanana River in Interior Alaska. It is a combination of my own experimentation as well as the ideas of...
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Magnificent! You and your friends are hard-core. The excellence of the execution reflects a good deal of planning and skill. Thank you for posting this and please keep us updated. A really stunning...
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Thank you for the complements! The plan is that ill live in it next winter starting in the spring. I am doing a year hunting and gathering project and this year is for prep work, the earth lodge is...
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Do want. More pictures of the interior, with fire and outfitted if possible, would be appreciated.
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Brilliant work! would love to do something like this
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Please keep us posted with more pictures in different seasons....Quills
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WOW! That is absolutely amazing! Looks like a lot of work but that would definitely make an amazing retreat! great work!
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That is a Lon term build, and seriously bad ass. Definitely something to strive for.
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Wow, that is fantastic! Looks quite similar to traditional Selkup (Siberia) winter houses. Would be interesting to hear how it's working in winter time. :-)
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Pretty close to a Kobuk River eskimo lodge, but without a false floor or sleeping bench..............yet? I'm sure your getting the interior fixxed up
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Looks like a lot of work has gone into it so far, hope it pans out OK (I get a feeling it will) Just one thing concerns me - the earlier pictures of where you took the birch bark of the live trees,...
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Peeling the Birch like that does not kill the tree. Birch bark Kayaks, and basketry was practised haere along Kobuk River, and we still get Birch bark for makeing baskets today. Often you can see...
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That is amazing! I have been drawing up plans getting ready to build my wilderness shelter this spring and this just gave me some extra motivation to go all out! Would love to more photos as well!
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Very nice, thank you for sharing, back when I had property to use (my grandfathers farm) I started work on a smaller version but never finished it, not enough small trees to cut on the place.
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I really did enjoy the pictures. Very similar type of shelter is described in Arctic Manual, including the cold air sink entrance. It (or some other Steffanson book) also says that it is much quicker...
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Any possibility on a three year follow-up on this lodge?
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You are not alone mewolf. I'm sure that there are many more than you and I who have been struck by this grand undertaking.
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