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How To Make An Igloo

This document provides instructions for building an igloo in 5 steps: 1) Cut snow blocks and form a circle, 2) Build up the walls overlapping the blocks inward, 3) Cut a hole for an entrance and sleeping platform, 4) Place the last block to seal the top hole, 5) Cut ventilation holes for air flow and trap heat inside. It warns that at least one ventilation hole is needed to avoid suffocation from carbon dioxide buildup inside.

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How To Make An Igloo

This document provides instructions for building an igloo in 5 steps: 1) Cut snow blocks and form a circle, 2) Build up the walls overlapping the blocks inward, 3) Cut a hole for an entrance and sleeping platform, 4) Place the last block to seal the top hole, 5) Cut ventilation holes for air flow and trap heat inside. It warns that at least one ventilation hole is needed to avoid suffocation from carbon dioxide buildup inside.

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How To Make An Igloo

Step 1. Cut blocks from dry, hard, hard


snow, using a snow saw or large knife.
Each block should be about 3 ft. (1m)
long, 15 in. (40cm) high, and 8 in.
(20cm) deep.

Step 2. Form a circle with blocks around


the hole created where you cut the
blocks. Cut the circle in a spiral from the
top of the last block to the ground ahead
of the first block. This will make it easy
to construct a dome.

Step 3. Build up walls, overlapping the


blocks and shaping them so that they
lean inward. Cut a hole under the wall
for the cold sink and entrance. Put
several blocks along one wall as a
sleeping platform

Step 4. The last block must initially be


larger than the hole. Place the block on
top of the igloo, then, from inside, shape
and wiggle it to slot exactly into the hole

http://www.i4at.org/lib2/igloo.htm 8/30/01
How To Make An Igloo Page 2 of 2

Step 5. Hot air from your body and


stove rises and is trapped inside the
dome. Cold air falls into the sink and
flows away to the outside. It is essential
to cut ventilation holes in the walls with
an ice axe.

Finished Igloo

With warmth inside the igloo, the surface


of the walls will melt and freeze over, to
form a smooth, airtight ice surface. The
roof over entrance tunnel prevents snow
from blowing into igloo.

WARNING! It is vital to make at least one airhole in the roof to avoid suffocation. The
igloo will get very warm inside with heat from your body, even if it is cold and windy
outside. Without ventilation, lethal carbon dioxide will build up. Also, the use of stoves in
an enclosed shelter is not recommended due to dangerous build-up of carbon monoxide.

The following is reprinted from


"The Complete Wilderness Training
Guide"
written by Hugh McManners and
published by Dorling Kindersley.

http://www.i4at.org/lib2/igloo.htm 8/30/01

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