Pualrin
Snow shovels were used for clearing snow and for throwing snow onto sod houses and houses made of snow blocks to provide extra insulation.
"The Eskimos make large wooden shovels used in clearing the ground of snow." (Émile Petitot, quoted in Savoie, 1971: 158)
"(…) the spiral dome (of the snow house was covered with a layer of snow." (Émile Petitot, quoted in Savoie, 1971: 166)
