How to Build an Igloo
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CACanada
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CACanada, USUnited States
Language
English
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English
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ONF | NFB
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How to Build an Igloo

Released Documentary
01 Jan, 1949 11min
 

How to Build an Igloo

Released Documentary
01 Jan, 1949 11min
 

Directed by Douglas Wilkinson

This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and place snow blocks and create an entrance--a shelter completed in one-and-a-half 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... see more

Directed by Douglas Wilkinson

This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and place snow blocks and create an entrance--a shelter completed in one-and-a-half 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... see more
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