How to Build an Igloo

This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife Two Inuit men in Canadas Far North choose the site cut and place snow blocks and create an entrancea shelter completed in oneandahalf hours The commentary explains that the interior warmth and the wind outside cement the snow blocks firmly together As the short winter day darkens the two builders move their caribou sleeping robes and extra skins indoors confident of spending a snug night in the midst of the Arctic cold