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How to build an Igloo / The National Film Board of Canada presents ; technical supervision and commentary by Douglas Wilkinson.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Arctic notebook ; no. 1.
- Arctic notebook ; no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Igloos.
- Inuit--Dwellings--Canada.
- Inuit.
- Building, Ice and snow.
- Snow--Thermal properties.
- Snow.
- Inuit--Dwellings.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (11 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2020]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada's Far North choose the site, cut and place snow blocks and create an entrance--a shelter completed in one-and-a-half hours. The commentary explains that the interior warmth and the wind outside cement the snow blocks firmly together. As the short winter day darkens, the two builders move their caribou sleeping robes and extra skins indoors, confident of spending a snug night in the midst of the Arctic cold.
- Participant:
- Commentary, Douglas Wilkinson.
- Credits:
- Edited by Neil Harris.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, ©1949.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 17, 2020).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-igloo Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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