How to Build an Igloo

Collaborators : Spencer, Michael | Wilkinson, Douglas | National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa)

Igloos.Inuit -- Canada.Architecture -- Construction.Architecture -- Homes and Housing.Crafts -- Building Craft.Crafts -- Inuit Crafts.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) -- Crafts.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) -- Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.Afficher 3 supplémentaires

A demonstration of igloo-building in Canada’s Far North, showing how the site is selected and how blocks of snow are used to make a snug shelter in only an hour and a half. As the camera follows each stage, the commentary explains the process.

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