How to Build an Igloo

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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 robes and extra skins indoors, confident of spending a snug night in the midst of the Arctic cold!
Directed by Douglas Wilkinson - 1949 | 10 min
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@jamarkus5928 5 лет назад

Its 2am. I have work at 7 I live nowhere near snow. I should be sleeping, but... I. MUST. KNOW

@PS-ug7nm 5 лет назад

That's me exactly...I live near equator....not a speck of snow...but I must KNOW....

@marialejadrale 5 лет назад

exactly

@fjciasbik 4 года назад

And I here from Brazil but in the same situation yours ... here it is 1:21 am and I sell.

@gametoppler 4 года назад

It's 12:34 AM in Nepal. And I must know.

@lancerdadon3657 3 года назад

GFF K. 4 TYFE$ DC@@fjciasbik Y1’ As A

@BaHaEzZz 7 лет назад

i always find these old documentaries simple, less drama and more accurate and rich in content than recent ones

@DavidWMiller 7 лет назад

+Johnny Topside That is backwards. Eskimo is a generic term inclusive of multiple peoples, not a specific tribe. Inuit, however, is referring to specific tribes of Eskimo, it's accurate when referring to only Canadian populations specifically. Eskimo is accurate for all of them, while Inuit is wrong when you get into Alaska and Siberia.

@Spandex08 7 лет назад

what are you even replying to

@DavidWMiller 7 лет назад

BlackPaw He deleted his post, guy was claiming that calling them Eskimos was incorrect and that Eskimos is a specific tribe. He compared it to calling all native Americans Aztecs, and claimed Inuit was proper, which is backwards. In Canada, most of the tribes are Inuit, so it' makes sense to refer to them as Inuit and that's what has become politically correct these days. But, people have misunderstood that and reached the conclusion that Eskimo is actually wrong, which is not the case, it simply also includes groups not in Canada.

@YouTubeExplore777 6 лет назад

Yes more to the topic and point, more direct to the solution rather than leaving us guessing.

@zoes3063 6 лет назад

It's not polite to call someone an eskimo, it means raw meat eater, like a savage. Inuit is accurate for people outside of canada. I don't know where you're getting your false information.

@Ebb0Productions 6 лет назад

Old documentaries are way more enjoyable to watch than new ones. No hard rock background music or crazy drums. No stupid amount of animations and fancy cuts. Just pure information.

@ruforufo2185 5 лет назад

this is really cool. one of my friends is Inuit from Alaska. and he told me that to graduate from high school. everyone had to learn to build an igloo. and then stay in it for several days. similarly, in Minnesota, its a requirement to be able to swim, tread water for 20 minutes, an float. good things to learn. i think these kids of survival skills should be mandatory across the country.

@ktmal1681 2 года назад

Interesting how their school tested them on things of everyday life and important skills..... then there are our schools.....

@shtract2515 2 года назад

You'd think in north dakota they'd have specialized classes as well being in the worst winters i lived there growing up you would have 70 below wind chills, sheets of ice nearly everywhere, huge snow drifts and black ice. But nope. Most we got was what to do when sliding while driving :/

@jacobcrumpton4643 2 года назад

Wait, you guys had those requirements? Wow. I live in Arizona. We just had to not fail school. The most survival stuff I learned was: Drink water, scorpions bad, rattlesnake bad, desert wants to kill you, now go home while we get the rattlesnake out from under the monkey bars where it made its nest.

@john_doe_smith 2 года назад

Here in you are not able to hot wire a mitsubishi in 30 seconds flat you dont get your HS Diploma.

@polishpat95 2 года назад

Nothing should ever be mandatory. That is what takes freedom away. Just like brainwashing and mandating vaccines. Every school course should be optional but strongly advised/suggested.

@sushh1 8 лет назад

this type of narration is best

@robinhyperlord9053 5 лет назад

Really?

@AHJ-ud5fi 5 лет назад

Robin Gilliver yes

@robinhyperlord9053 5 лет назад

@@AHJ-ud5fi What?

@chaos_omega_zero 5 лет назад

@@robinhyperlord9053 necroposter?

@alexw3053 5 лет назад

Elzero Dragon yes

@putulikilisituk416 3 года назад

I commend those who made this instructional film so long ago when most Inuit will still living in igloos in the circumpolar north. The two Inuit men probably grew up watching their fathers and elders building igloos. This is useful for those who would want to learn the age old craft if they should go out on the land. Further, the word Inuit meaning people is now widely accepted in the north. Inuit means many without the 's', Inuuk means two and Inuk means one.

@SamFishback 9 лет назад

I'm not sure when I will ever use this knowledge, but I'm glad I have it!

@gillandalearts3041 2 года назад

When covid varient Z (zombie) comes this will be useful. That is if you stay alive until u reach cold places where zombie are rarely seen i guess

@grahamnumber7123 5 лет назад

Respect. It would take me a few days and several walls falling in to get close to this masterpiece

@ShmuelWeintraub 5 лет назад

Me too. But I bet this wasn't the first time those guys tried to build one....

@TrustPatches 8 лет назад

i fuckin knew 2pac was still alive. He's chillin in an igloo.

@umbertocevenini 8 лет назад

+Rafael surely he is not warming up...

@shepherdw4264 8 лет назад

+Rafael i fuckin hear 2pac too.

@valeriecheersbrown4829 8 лет назад

+Rafael u r silly! lmao

@elpatron2 7 лет назад

Rafael inside my mind i couldnt find a place to rest until i got that Eskimolife tatted on my chest!!

@matthewmann8969 7 лет назад

Rafael Pac must of did plastic surgery to go from a Negro to Inuit appearance

@sqeet7392 2 года назад

Me watching this in Australia: *Ah yes, very helpful*

@gezzapk 6 лет назад

All the drongos complaining about the dogs being left outside, they are working husky's with thick FUR. It's not the same as your little hamster dog that you have at home.

@devonalexreckon6048 6 лет назад

gerrpk not sibierian

@randyring1251 6 лет назад

They are ignorant of their culture, gain some knowledge it won't hurt try it

@jeremygutridge2078 5 лет назад

gerrpk indeed

@ababbit7461 5 лет назад

gerrpk, "hamster dog"? My hamster has more fur than my dog!! That is a good one! Funny.

@nathanbarraza2093 5 лет назад

True. They are built for the cold.

@isaacanthony6765 7 лет назад

I admire the Eskimo for such architectural skill

@spacepopeXIV 7 лет назад

Isaac Anthony And with the most simple materials.

@monsieurcandie8894 6 лет назад

i can't even build legos

@YouTubeExplore777 6 лет назад

Yes they'll build you a snow house in the build sweltering dessert.

@YouTubeExplore777 6 лет назад

Also I heard his name being called 2-pac 😃

@charliebourque1264 6 лет назад

Isaac Anthony WAw

@Landrew0 5 лет назад

I saw this film in school in the 1960s. We built one on the playground in Grade 5, but the teachers destroyed it, saying it was too dangerous.

@poolchinchilla167 2 года назад

F*ck those teachers

@TahtahmesDiary 2 года назад

@@poolchinchilla167 It could have collapsed on their amateur little heads and then everyone would have blamed the teachers then too. Can't win when you're the one in charge I guess 🤷🏾‍♀️

@BoopSnoot 8 лет назад

So great to see how most Canadian's build their homes. :)

@stairwaytoheaven7729 8 лет назад

+DumbDuck44 I've lived in an igloo in toronto since i was 2

@BoopSnoot 8 лет назад

yoloswag420 How do you keep your maple syrup warm though? I assume it involves two or more hosers rubbing hockey sticks soaked in Canadian whisky together while apologizing to each other that its taking so long to make a fire?

@burnerjack01 8 лет назад

+yoloswag420 Must suck in the summer. No privacy.

@0623kaboom 6 лет назад

nah we just live in normal houses in summer ... no need for snow then

@harleyfiddlmen7981 6 лет назад

Also most of us can’t afford maple syrup since the Americans make it expensive

@ktmal1681 2 года назад

40 minutes..... man that is amazing! It's baffling to see these large blocks just stay in position on such an angle.

@intemister 5 лет назад

1.5 hours! Every swing of the tool was measured and precise. Amazing.

@ebogar42 2 года назад

Maybe to you. It wasn't level at all.

@5ebliminal 7 месяцев назад

@@ebogar42 bruh i bet the white mans house wasnt fuckin level... after all its not like they could check their leveling tools in -50c or if there was leveling tools back in the early 1890's

@fartimusbumworthy4682 6 лет назад

1 hour and 30 mins to make that, these two are amazing.

@trinitytwo14992 2 года назад

Humans can really be amazing, what grace and skill, to think of this!

@Hillers62 Год назад

This is a survival technique that should be taught in survival schools for anyone venturing into frigid areas...It is genius!!!!!

@MrDXRamirez 2 года назад

The work these men of the Arctic perform in the construction of their home from the elements enriches their soul as if nature has given them a pass to exists for their ingenuity, talent, they live in synchronicity with the environment.

@Veroveren 5 лет назад

geez how i love the classics. cartoons, documentaries, games. it brings so much nostalgia.

@stevengoodfellow 5 лет назад

I actually came here looking for snow shelter building techniques and was happy to see the national film board of Canada presenting it, their website is awesome, heaps of great film that I've never seen

@wpgaipad2414 7 лет назад

I personally think its really smart the way the Inuit build igloos

@Hillers62 Год назад

These guys are architectural masters!!!!

@a.fontaine633 5 лет назад

It's amazing how someone can come to your country and label you an Eskimo .

@ZenYorkfield 8 лет назад

After watching this, I still don't know how the igloo holds itself together.

@hiltos 8 лет назад

Witchcraft

@zackcannon4522 8 лет назад

+Zen Yorkfield the other ice blocks hold them together until it thaws and refreezes then it will be cemented to eachother

@worstidler9034 7 лет назад

Super Glue . . . . .

@dominicirksuk5312 7 лет назад

put 1 block on top, then poke ur sno-nife in middle, then slice a bit, then blocks will sticked togather, in cold , I do.

@montishaya 6 лет назад

Not witchcraft, Minecraft!

@xtremeownage2 5 лет назад

Respect to the Inuits. Greetings from a Pakistani.

@5ebliminal 7 месяцев назад

@Katrina.for_art 8 лет назад

pretty sure I saw this at school in the early 70's . Good times....

@loopy7057 5 лет назад

Wow......you're old.

@angava819ers 5 лет назад

Luke Cague you’ll get there too in no time.😲

@mindofaseagull7465 2 года назад

@@loopy7057 rude

@widchaponjearaphunt5452 4 года назад

I had watched 5-6 'how to build Igloo', this one gave the most clear answer

@FATAHabdifatah 5 лет назад

“Yutac and tupac settle snuggly inside using a snow block” Lol bars

@garylillich 2 года назад

Reminds me of movies we watched in grade school back in the '50's

@mbabuskov 5 лет назад

Best RU-vid video I have seen this month.

@grahvis 5 лет назад

I've seen a film taken in the 1920s of a snow house being built by one man. He even included an ice window with a sheet of snow to reflect sunlight through it.

@yako0000 3 года назад

cool where did you find that?

@kageroolol 7 лет назад

What am I doing here? I have to study for final

@jagdeepbaath5836 5 лет назад

Did you passed your final?

@angava819ers 5 лет назад

Kageroo hope you get A+

@adamzoubi96 5 лет назад

I have to sleep for final 😂

@jesuscruz5355 5 лет назад

Might as well stay, your failing anyway😶☠

@siiiiena 5 лет назад

How was it?

@budimuhammad3531 Час назад

This movie was once played and watched by indonesian locals in the year of 1971. It was shown in a documentary called "Wet Earth And Warm People" and you can search it in yt. Imagine being a local people in tropical country seeing people from northern working and living in ice and snow in the year of 71 when there is no internet and not every houses or family had a television or access into it

@FataleMedia 5 лет назад

Im from Pakistan living in Toronto and complaining about cold weather and snow for 18 years... Today Im gonna build a friggin Igloo in my backyard!

@angava819ers 5 лет назад

Breathing Dreams Photo & cinema Good luck and I hope you complete it. If you did succeed try to sleep in it, it’s very warm and cozy with a candlelight and you gonna sleep good if you don’t live by the highway.

@u.s.patriot3415 5 лет назад

Wow, what a pleasure to watch/absorb!

@dm0ney182 8 лет назад

They stay alive due to all the hot fire tupac spits.

@sergegutierrez6257 6 лет назад

I laughed a little to much at this one.

@qazedc3 5 лет назад

LMAO

@ruforufo2185 5 лет назад

they also used their dogs as heaters. on really cold nights they will bring a few dogs inside because a dogs body temperature is about 102F.

@Mateicats 5 лет назад

@@ruforufo2185 true. Bitches always make things hot and heavy.

@suborbitalprocess 5 лет назад

Huddled around his mixtape for warmth.

@bloksalesdepartment860 8 лет назад

Tupok is hanging out with Elvis, keeping each other warm.

@taliaa7856 5 лет назад

Great who wants to go become eskimos and live in an igloo? Let’s go!

@TitanOfClash 8 лет назад

Eskimos - The original Minecrafters.

@mattnielsen6793 8 лет назад

+Henry Tompkinson not really

@HendersonHinchfinch 8 лет назад

Wtf are you even talking about?

@anjareimer5720 7 лет назад

Matthew Nielsen

@ProPlayer-wq3nu 7 лет назад

Hi Sthephany!

@BoiledMilkSteak7 6 лет назад

Inuit

@debbierabe1756 5 лет назад

So intriguing to me. I would love to be there watching. I love winters and all the snow. I dont mind the low temps, just bundle up and be smart about. Theres always cuddling. 😊

@waffleman6666 6 лет назад

Ingenious these are the type of ppl that will survive if anything major ever happens not us we would all be dead in weeks

@adamsons2890 5 месяцев назад

I agree. It’s nice to see Inuit people building the igloo

@shotforshot5983 7 лет назад

great stuff. thanks for sharing. very skillful in keeping blocks from falling as the walls rise and arch in. I tried this as a kid with snow that was mostly too loose,dry,fluffy

@Mico8791 6 лет назад

And Biggie is builduing an igloo east of tupac’s

@jvahausstudios1276 3 года назад

He doesn't fit in an igloo. He digs into the ground

@probro8747 5 лет назад

it never snows in kerala, and still here i am watching how to build an igloo

@beefmomma 7 лет назад

6:25 but how! it looks as if the cube is defying gravity!

@head5481 4 года назад

Beveled.

@krkrbbr 3 года назад

yeah pretty sure its magic

@lancegast6573 6 лет назад

I live in Florida why am I watching this..!

@Purrpurrpurrpurr 5 лет назад

Same here... Brazil 🇧🇷

@duvalpenny100 5 лет назад

I've never even seen snow, and yet here I am.

@oilersridersbluejays 4 года назад

Our winters suck at times, but I still feel sad for people who seldom or never have seen snow.

@fauxmanchu8094 5 лет назад

The Inuits are really amazing. How did they adapt to the most hostile environment on earth?

@5ebliminal 7 месяцев назад

by not wasting any part of any animal we kill by making clothes and kayaks with caribou hides and seal furs

@samd2539 2 года назад

Once inside they cozy up with a warm Kraft dinner, what a wonderful day for Canada and therefore the world

@mr.roguec6335 8 лет назад

came from reddit just for curiosity, ended up watching the whole thing

@wyattearps1328 8 лет назад

Tupac figured out the one way to escape the illuminati and that is to become a fucking Eskimo...

@lookpuke3522 5 лет назад

but imagine being the person to invent the igloo though

@Idek-nomore 5 месяцев назад

I’m 12 years old and now I want to build an igloo after watching this.

@djdestroyer 7 лет назад

damn that's a process but they made it look easy

@Silentknight052 8 лет назад

dam that is highly impressive

@1984potionlover 5 лет назад

Made back before we were taught that "Eskimo" is a derogatory term and the proper term is Inuit. Live and learn, and thankfully we are slowly getting there...NFB is always good, as well as something of a video time capsule . Good stuff!

@justingrant4860 3 года назад

Just hearing the old audio quality and this guys 60s style narration.....I know imma like this video

@eisenjeisen6262 6 лет назад

Wow thanks for this download, it shows you don't need much schooling to survive, and how those dogs sleep out in the open, that was a great film Wow

@biancadiangelozz 2 года назад

I'm sure this takes years of watching their parents build and multiple tries before they get it right, not having what the eastern view as education doesn't mean native people aren't educated, those skills are much harder to learn then the math we learn at school nowadays for sure, and I'm their environment at the time, much more useful.

@MrsBee-uo2lc 5 лет назад

I want to see how they live on the inside!!!!!

@kingofrough 9 лет назад

classic! they are so skilful and equipped with practical knowledge.

@chopsticksforlegs 7 лет назад

I love the into music on all classic films 💕

@Hillers62 Год назад

I am amazed at the quick craftmanship...

@maximumcutsandreps5833 5 лет назад

These guys built an igloo and I cant even build a sandcastle without it falling apart. 👍👍

@ShmuelWeintraub 5 лет назад

True. But they probably couldn't send an email or find a given address in any North American city. They were brought up to face different challenges than we were.

@5ebliminal 7 месяцев назад

@@ShmuelWeintraub how the hell am i talkin to you through starlink then? were not mongrels bro

@trevoreff4906 2 года назад

Wow! This was the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Thank you NFB! Going to attempt this with my family. :)

@ex-tc 2 года назад

i just watched this for no reason but i must say i am impressed

@HarrysComicCamp 8 лет назад

GREAT ! Greetings ! Harry (from Old Germany)

@Davidsweirdness 7 лет назад

my nigga tupac doin big thangs

@alasterkenway9773 6 лет назад

I knew it all along *Tupac is still alive* but he moved to see his cousin in the Northern Arctic!

@angava819ers 5 лет назад

I guess he didn’t like what’s happening in USA.👍

@dn2ze 5 лет назад

Alaster Kenway lmao that’s funny, because Black couldn’t survive in -40 to -50 cold weather lmao

@BiGGCaiN24 2 года назад

This was great! Love old school documentaries

@jackdarbyshire5888 Год назад

I remember seeing this in social studies class, i suppose in the 70s here in Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦 😅

@wpgaipad2414 7 лет назад

I think the music in the end is very catching personally

@distantdragon2365 7 лет назад

ikr

@nathanbarraza2093 5 лет назад

Tupac made it himself.

@neudsons.p6494 7 лет назад

The announcer did not mention about the transparent ice window that they make to lighten inside the igloo

@5ebliminal 7 месяцев назад

even more fuckin impressive when you think about it! lol

@yurigagarin5680 5 лет назад

I live in the tropics and i am watching this.

@Bnguyen276 4 года назад

Nice video. Remind me what we watch on third grade back in early 90s

@ExclusiveLM 7 лет назад

It takes Eskimos 1 1/2 hour to build an Igloo and it takes all day for a two man New York City construction crew to build a shed from Home Depot.

@handofdecay 8 лет назад

Inuit

@clipsedrag13 4 года назад

Pac mans winter routine 💪 🥊

@mason4761 6 лет назад

tupac and threepac did a good job

@angava819ers 5 лет назад

50cent was not invited.

@JPJeppe Год назад

This is really impressive, it took me a good 8 hours to build one about half the size using similar technique!

@humansrants1694 5 лет назад

Lockheed Martin could build that for 3 million.

@uropygid 5 лет назад

That would be 3 million in 1958 dollars.

@daydayruyeyeyeyeyyeyey8293 5 лет назад

Trump could build it for less and faster.

@lithium25693 5 лет назад

@@daydayruyeyeyeyeyyeyey8293 If Trump were in charge of that igloo build they all would be standing around waiting Mexico to do all the work

@angava819ers 3 года назад

@@lithium25693 😝

@frankpinmtl 2 года назад

Boeing couldn't do it for a penny under $5 million, but then it might come crashing down, killing all inside.

@kevinjohnson5040 3 года назад

age old architecture technique well before its time

@ThatNateGuyOnYouTube 5 месяцев назад

But wouldn't it make sense to have the dogs inside too, not only to... provide them some warmth and shelter, but too also help warm the inside of the igloo with their natural body heat?

@JannisAdmek 7 лет назад

I would like to build a very big igloo castle!

@rozyroan385 5 лет назад

I'm always fascinated by how anyone could survive and live in that climate. Our tribe is in Arizona and learned in grade school that the Alaskan tribes are related to us. Go Athabaskan brothers and sisters!!! 😎

@BikerBabeDK 5 лет назад

Tupaq and Akiutaq - respect. Qujanarsuaq for sharing your knowledge and skills. 😍👍❤❤❤

@tamarralestage1367 5 лет назад

The intro to this video makes me want to watch old black and white movies.

@WimiBussard 8 лет назад

How can the upper blocks stay in their places? The videos says they are "supporting each other", but the angle is insane. Why aren't they falling to the ground?

@m1sh474 8 лет назад

+Wimi Bussard physics

@toriebailey8828 8 лет назад

The snow sticks to other snow

@pXnEmerica 8 лет назад

+Wimi Bussard The properties of the snow there allow it to happen, between that and skill, they make it look easy. It's a ton of work :) Having two people in there helps as one can support a block while the other puts up the next which locks the previous block in better.