An ordinary tent, when the snow is flying, would be filled in no time.
The tent is pyramidal, with one pole in the center, and the edges are usually held down by the sledge runners or by snowshoes used as tent pegs.

The men sleep on the floor in their clothes, with a musk-ox skin under, and a light deerskin over them.

I have not used sleeping bags since my arctic trip of 1891-92.
The "kitchen box" for our sledge journeys is simply a wooden box containing two double-burner oil-stoves, with four-inch wicks.

The two cooking pots are the bottoms of five-gallon coal-oil tins, fitted with covers.

When packed they are turned bottom side up over each stove, and the hinged cover of the wooden box is closed.