Saturday, December 19, 2009

Igloo Building Day







An igloo (Inuit language: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗ, "house", plural: iglooit or igluit, but in English commonly igloos), or snowhouse, is a type of shelter built out of snow, originally built by the Inuit. Iglu is the Inuit word for a house or home built out of any material,[1] and is not restricted exclusively to snowhouses but includes traditional tents, sod houses, homes constructed of driftwood and modern buildings.[2][3]When referring to a snowhouse, igloos are shelters constructed from blocks of snow, generally in the form of a dome. Although igloos are usually associated with all Inuit, they were predominantly constructed by people of Canada's Central Arctic and Greenland's Thule area.(Information courtesy of Wikipedia)





The Gale family made a successful igloo with the 12" of snow that fell in NC yesterday. We spent about 6 hours total shoveling snow, patting and forming the shape. As it got bigger and more like a dome, we had to drop out and leave fewer workers on the inside. Here are some pictures of our effort. The last picture was taken on the inside. Enjoy!

8 comments:

  1. Luckily with living in Manitoba, we get quite a bit of snow each winter. The local Elementary school builds igloo's with the Grade 3 classes every year. Hubby went to volunteer the years our boys were in Grade 3. It's a great experience for the kids - and way more fun than Math :)
    Have a Very Merry Christmas!

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  2. Thanks, Audrey!! This was my and my husband's first time building an igloo at 53 and 58 respectively. My son is 18.
    Merry Christmas to you also!

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  3. That looks so cool! My kids would love to do something like that.

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  4. wow! that's amazing. i'd love to try my hand at making an igloo the next time it snows here. also. i live in florida. so. i'm guessing never.

    gotta take my kids up north one winter so they can see snow.

    merry christmas!

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  5. How fun! I wish we had snow here to build an igloo... only rain so far.
    :)

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  6. What fun! We got the snow too but didn't make any igloos!

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  7. Merry Christmas, W. One year my mom and dad had saved money for us to go to Florida for a warm Christmas. It was the coldest day(s) Florida had ever seen in years!! My poor mom was so disappointed.

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