Absolutely yes. You only have to think of Eskimos and igloos to
start making sense of this. Carving out ice blocks and building
containers actually traps heat and provides shelter from the
environment – this is not a myth. An example of snow’s
insulating abilities lies much close to home. The last couple of
winters has seen a lot of snow fall in the UK, and you may have
notices that with two feet of snow on your roof that your house
was actually able to stay a little warmer than when the roof was
clear. Additionally, the snow dampened outside noise. Snow and
ice are quite different in their properties considering they are
composed of the same thing and you can observe this in nature –
the temperature underneath frozen ground can have frost
extending perhaps six feet into the ground. But if there is a
thick layer of snow, the ground is much less likely to be
frosted to anything like that depth. This is one reason why
football matches can proceed even when there has been fresh snow
fallen overnight – that fresh