Despite a few minor cave-ins, we were starting to think we might
actually get it sealed up. But the flat spot on the lower right
worried us, as a few cracks were starting to show. We had no way to
brace it up other than bodies. What you see here represents about 90
minutes worth of work.
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If you can get an arch over the top, that helps
stabilize the sides and makes close-up easier. We were getting
close, but the sag on the side started slowly caving in. We
red-tagged the structure, and removed tools and bodies from that side of
the igloo...
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Just in time for a major cave-in. The roof and
half the side dropped all at once, causing a huge WHOOSH of cold air that
was almost worth all the work we spent on it. A couple guys used the
caved-in portion as the start of a conventional piled snow hut (pile snow
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We started a more modest 8' Igloo and had it about closed up in about
45 minutes. We were getting pretty tired at this point after a
1-mile post-holing hike and 2-1/2 hours of igloo building.
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This igloo was finished up and readied for
occupancy. It is customary to outfit it with snow furniture such as
a nightstand, pillow, cup holder, sunglasses niche, and even a hole in the
roof to allow cooking. It could easily sleep 3-4 boys.
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