They had crazy good snow blocks, perfect for making igloos. For the blocks to make that sound, it need to be frigid cold outside and the snow really well packed...
I used to help teach a winter survival shelter class many years ago. We always ended the weekend with the class building igloos after digging out small snow caves and building shelter berms. It was critical to not build the igloo too high nor too wide in diameter, or two people would not be able to warm it up enough with their body heat and a small stove or candle inside. We only used three tiers of main blocks before filling in the top blocks. The first layer were started at a slant right away. There was only enough room inside to lay out and get two packs in. While the temp outside was well below freezing , the igloos, if built small and compact, would easily get to 38F with no stove going, and up to 45F when cooking food or running the stove for heat. Good memories.
when i was in the boy scouts we built igloos similar to this one with the entrance below the ice shelf which is critical for retaining interior heat, but we built individual radial 'spokes' that each person slept in, so we would have between 4 to 8 scouts sleeping in a 10 foot diameter igloo with nobody sleeping inside the actual domed area. with a few candles burning in the center they were really comfortable, especially if it was windy outside. we made our own snow knives out of 1/4"x3" aluminum flat bar, the blanks were bolted together and then run through a table saw with a dado to cut the teeth, and the rest was left up to the individual scout to make the handle and finish the knife however they wanted.
Many years ago I finally managed to make one of these. I live in the UK so its rare that we get enough snow to even think about building one, but one year we had a really deep fall overnight so I decided to have a try. It wasn't as big as this one, but I did manage to finish it. Then I ran inside to get a camera so I could take a photo, but when I came back outside it had collapsed
Up in the frozen wastes a well built igloo would last a few years. They were often accompanied by rock works in a specific area. They served as landmarks and shelters for hunters. Quite often igloos were part of winter quarters for the eskimo peoples.
As I started to watch the video ..a thought came to mind... The guy with the yellow on the coat must be the foreman..lol everyone else working while he stands around watching...😂😝
I’ve never known completing the roof inside the room. So amazing. And also they use ice blocks as tender marble. Cool video.
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Sú dva spôsoby, alebo staviaš do špirály / ako závit. Alebo ak už máš prax, tak stačí v prvej rade jeden prerezať po uhlopriečke a tam začínaš 2. radu. Pri stavaní potrebuješ 3. body.
2 years on Matt, are you still lounging around watching utube. If so it’s about time toGET OFF YOUR LASY ASS! Jeez man. GET A LIFE! If not, then that’s ok.
What an irony, snow looks so soft and sweet and easy to turn it into anything, play with it etc but if you look on a different aspect, it is most people's cause of death as well, so merciless and bitter. Wow.
Yo i'm canadian. These guy's are in the North of Canada, a place where it's incredibly cold... temperature that are so cold, that it's painful when you go outside. It's maybe -45celcuis where they are right now. They use snow that is very compacted to construct the Igloo. You can eitheir built Igloo, with this kind of snow, or if you have something less compacted, you can build a Quizy, wich is similar but a different technic.
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Som zo Slovenska a viem odpoveď na vašu otázku. Ak nejde o sneh zo záveju / prefúkaný/ , ten je asi najpevnejší. Vtedy sa sneh spevniť že prv lyžami udupávate , podobne ako keď sa lyžiarske zjazdovky šliapali bez strojov. Potom ešte topánkami stúpať vedľa seba a nakoniec nechať sneh ustáliť. Je to namáhavejší proces. Je i tretia možnosť ktorú sme použili z deťmi na dvore : Nádoba vo tvare kvádra / my sme mali vrch od veľkého auta z PVC/ a vyrábať veľké tehly a nechať ich primrznúť. Pri teplote +5°C by to veľmi nešlo, ale okolo nuly to išlo v pohode. Tento mesiac sa chystám o tom natočiť i video , lebo lepšie je vidieť , ako iba písať.
ob gumbo Only for overnight or urgent use. We have houses in communities and normally build a cabin. Lol 😂 don't make assumptions about us if you haven't been there or heard from a third party.
15:14 How did he manage to get that block to stay up on the roof without falling down. Did he super glue it there or something? Why did they cut that part out of the video.
Basically it is a wedge.. they use the knife to help angle the blocks ..the very top is at an angle so when the last block is added it can't drop in..the bottom of the surrounding blocks already in place angle outward just enough so it is not a perfect angle ..sorta obtuse. The blocks hold each other up . Sort of like the old archways of medieval periods and earlier civilizations. It's basic architecture gravity does the rest..😁
After watching other people build igloos on youtube, you guys were BY FAR the BEST ~ fastest & most efficient with a vastly superior end product. But hey, who builds an igloo better than an Eskimo right? I do think it's comical that they lived in a tent while building the igloo! Just sayin...
I'm ten months late, but depending on the size of tge igloo and amount of people, it could be a much netter and warmer home tgan a tent in that environment.
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Iglú lepšie ako Eskimák staviam ja. Ja nepoužívam pomocníkov a rebrík.😁
Thats what I was thinking. There is supposed to be a well for the heat to rise and cold air to sink. I assumed with this being Inuits that theyd do it right.
