As previously said, Nome (Alaska) is in the continental Subarctic climate; all the areas at South of the Arctic circle, 66 ° 33' N latitude are Subarctic. Most of Alaska is covered by the taiga, the largely coniferous boreal forest and at the northern treeline it dissipates into the vast rolling tundra, where permafrost becomes continuous beneath the surface even during the short summer; permafrost, concrete-hard frozen ground, is 300 m thick in northern Alaska. Precipitation in the taiga is variable, but typically is between 25 cm and 50 cm annually, the mean annual temperature is between - 10 and - 4 °C and summer of one to three months with mean temperatures above 10 °C is considered short and hot.
In Alaska a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples, called Inuit, still inhabits the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo-Aleut family and this term is commonly used to describe Yupik, Iñupiat and Inuit peoples.
1 - These people used to live in the snow igloo, or igluviga of the Inuit, made of blocks of wind-packed dry snow. Although as a dwelling type it provides conditions far below the comfort range of industrialized peoples, this ingenious microclimatic control using only snow provides amenable indoor living well above a survival mode; snow is stacked against the more popular karmet or qummik of stone, whalebone, and sod, and even against tents, tupiq for its insulation value. Igloos  are solid, sound-proof, wind resistant and they are large enough for comfort.