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Want to build the best and biggest snow fort on the block? Then study up on some igloo building techniques. The Inuit people of the Arctic and sub-Arctic (Alaska, Canada and Greenland) invented igloos ...

When building an igloo for six hours in minus 54 degrees, Dylan Clark adheres to this ratio: For every second his hand is exposed to the cold, it takes 10 minutes back in the glove to warm it. “It’s ...

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Igloos can withstand hurricane force winds. Start with a base area, packed down by stamping out the area with your feet. In a work area nearby, a second person should begin harvesting blocks about 2.5 ...

Igloo construction is something anyone can learn to do. Indeed, during his two years studying arctic survival skills from the Netsilik tribe of Inuit on King William Island, polar explorer Roald ...