# How to build an igloo

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 4, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-build-an-igloo/523559 "2010-01-04T01:14:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-build-an-igloo/523559/1 "2010-01-04T01:14:24Z")

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[Here](http://nfb.ca/film/How_to_Build_an_Igloo/) is all you need to know to build a classic Eskimo igloo using only a knife and snow. It might come in handy this winter.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-build-an-igloo/523559/2 "2010-01-04T01:27:56Z")

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And here is a more modern way to do it…

[Grand Shelters](http://www.grandshelters.com/).

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-build-an-igloo/523559/3 "2010-01-04T02:27:08Z")

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> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> And here is a more modern way to do it…
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> [Grand Shelters](http://www.grandshelters.com/).

That’s for sissies with $179.

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**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-build-an-igloo/523559/4 "2010-01-05T16:54:38Z")

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Wow, that really makes me want to build an igloo. Shame I live in San Francisco. I wonder how deep the snow is, that it’s packed so hard.