Скачать или смотреть THEY SAID HE’D FREEZE TO DEATH—THEN HIS TREE-PIT SHELTER STAYED 35 DEGREES WARMER THAN THEIR CABINS

In the winter of 1886, Lars Ericson shocked the settlement of Fort Benton by choosing to winter in a "tree-pit" shelter instead of a traditional log cabin. While neighbors predicted he would freeze to death, Lars’s innovative use of geothermal insulation and the root system of a massive cottonwood tree kept his home 35 degrees warmer than the cabins above. Using 80% less fuel, his "insane" design proved that ancient survival techniques were far superior to modern assumptions.

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