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BBC's A Boy Among Polar Bears: Building an Igloo

submitted by Throbbin

1 decade 5 years 3 months ago

A hunter teaches his son how to build an igloo. They are engineering perfection.

5 Comments

several degrees above freezing..mmmm...toasty.

>> ^enoch:
several degrees above freezing..mmmm...toasty.

When you're wearing caribou outerware, that's like tropical heat. It's not uncommon to have to remove your parka, and just wear the snowpants (silapaaks) and t-shirt inside the igloo - even the snowpants keep your entire body warm.

learning how to build an igloo is going onto my list of things to do in my lifetime.

^Interestingly enough, in the Massey Lecture "A Short History of Progress" (2004), Ronald Wright suggests that if and when the proverbial shit hits the fan and worldwide civilization collapses, Inuit will be among very few societies that survive because we have maintained our traditional skills and practices (such as building the igloo).

It's been nice knowing y'all.

JesseoftheNorth

Hey, that looks like Andrew Taqtu. I think I'm related to him somehow. Way to represent Ikpiarjuk!

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