How to Build an Igloo

Duration: 11 min.

Year Published: 1964

Creator: STERL

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstration of igloo-building in the far North, showing how the site is selected and how the blocks of snow are fitted together by the Eskimos to make a snug shelter against the Arctic cold., Two Eskimos in Canada's Far North build a complete igloo from start to finish. Shows how the site is selected and how blocks of snow are chosen and arranged in a spiral.

Complete Record: , Two Eskimos in Canada's Far North build a complete igloo from start to finish. Shows how the site is selected and how blocks of snow are chosen and arranged in a spiral. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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New York Public Library, Visual Studies Workshop


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