Friends build an igloo to shelter from the weather - VERY JEALOUS!

[lamper]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8454588.stm

Quoted from BBC

"Two daring friends have defied the wintry weather by building a cosy igloo in the middle of a field and then spending the night in it.

The eight foot high igloo took three days to build and even has a living room.


Jo Writtle took a tour of the igloo in Frankley Beeches in Birmingham."

 

[FerlasDave]

Looks like a good idea. Im sure it could be done on a smaller scale too

 

[Shewie]

Was it too cold for them to stick it out because it was so huge and not enough bodies to warm it ?

They mentioned sleeping on top of blocks of ice too, no mention of spruce bows or other insulation. At least the young un thought it it was okay

 

[Daegurth]

not sure how "brave" it is, but it looks like an excellent construction.

they said they lit a fire but it filled up with smoke because the chimney wasn't effective enough... don't the inuit use oil lamps or candles to heat/light igloos for that reason? plus a fire would suck up all the oxygen and fill it with CO2.

they didn't show the sleeping quarters, but it didn't look big enough to have included adequately deep cold sinks. i may have misjudged, but i think it could work well with just a couple of modifications.

i'd love to have a go in the back yard, but i'm back in hull now and all the snow's gone.

edit: maybe they thought they didn't need natural insulation because they had multiple sleeping bags.

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

stop nit picking!

point is they gave it a go!

I'm impressed

 

[lamper]

Agreed!

If I didn't have to work while it snowed I would have loved to give it ago!

The size is what impressed me most.

 

[Hugo]

It looks great to me, a real nice effort.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

v impressed

 

[Dogoak]

Great stuff, due to the snow type we have had here igloo's have not been an option. Due to snow depth and the freeze a snow cave has been the prefered choice.

 

[Humpback]

How do you build a snow house? use igloo.

 

[R3XXY]

Well said Rappleby