How to Build an Igloo

Released: 1949

Published at the original source: 2015-01-06. This is the upload date, which may differ from the film’s release.

11 min · English · Documentary

Two Inuit men in Canada's Far North build a snow-block shelter before darkness falls, in a short documentary directed by Douglas Wilkinson.

Why we picked it

Watch a shelter take shape from snow before the Arctic night arrives. This NFB documentary offers a close look at the skill behind an igloo's construction.

Arctic conditions and knife use for snow construction; detailed viewing assessment remains pending.

Source: NFB

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