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Each year, structures made of this material and decorated with colored lights are constructed for a carnival in Saranac Lake, New York. A man builds a structure out of this material without a fourth wall in a pioneering work of docufiction by Robert J. Flaherty. Structures made from a type of this material called pukaangajuq (“poo-kong-aye-yuk”) would often be settled by lighting a qulliq (“KUH-lick”) oil lamp. (20[1])An F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was inspired by one of the (*) “palaces” built from this material each year in St. Paul. (10[1])Bricks of this material are laid in an ascending circular fashion in structures that might also have beds made from caribou fur. For 10 points, name this material whose bricks are used to construct igloos. ■END■ (10[1])

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