No, in fact I had forgotten about them. My wife and I did talk about them. For thanksgiving we had the “Gourmet Potatoes” that she (and her mother before her) made for years (but which we have not had recently). Hope you had a good holiday. I’ll say more via the moose email.
The yurt is a cylinder with a conical roof, not a dome. You could not build a large yurt-like shelter out of snow, without some supporting structure.
The beehive huts found in various locations around the British Isles are a close cousin to the igloo. They are made with flat stones and some have stood for quite some time.
Off topic, but while looking through the Smithsonian holiday catalog earlier today, I saw a gaggle of stuffed toys, one of which was a fennec fox. I just googled “fennec fox stuffed animal” and it turned up many sites. Some of the toys look very good.
To all the idiot anti-vax folks, one word. Polio