Emergency shelters do save lives

• South Pole survival classes and images of Antartica
• Californian Skiier trapped for two days in a makeshift snowcave
• Mt. Ranier, Washington: unprepared hikers saved by snow cave they dug
• Dramatic rescue on Mt. Hood, Oregon: climbers survive in snow cave
• Idaho, 5 boys saved by snow cave

Tools and Workshops

• Inuit adventures, igloo building workshops in Europe
• http://www.grandshelters.com
• snowsaw.com on YouTube
  

General interest (Check this out!)

• Kite Skiing in the Alps (from NYT)
• Kite skiing (28 seconds)