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How Do Igloos Keep People Warm?

Many people can’t imagine living in the Arctic, where the lowest temperatures reach extremes of -65 °F. However, the Inuit, ...
Chinese researchers have developed sturdy, egg-shaped igloos intended for lunar colonization. As China continues to pursue its moon colonization ambitions, scientists are focusing on the issue of ...
Edited film directed by Douglas Wilkinson 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- ...
Kids may have been able to build an icy igloo outside Thursday, but the igloo-making was inside as part of a library program. Roughly a dozen children and their parents built igloos out of ...