When building an igloo for six hours in minus 54 degrees, Dylan Clark adheres to this ratio: For every second his hand is exposed to the cold, it takes 10 minutes back in the glove to warm it ...

For nearly a week, about a dozen residents cut, transported and assembled some 1,200 blocks of snow at the entrance of Sylvia ...

Scientifically, the best way to build an igloo is how the Inuit in the North still do it. Here's how to construct your own shelter out of snow.

How to Build An Igloo. By Lexi Krock; Posted 02.01.06; ... (Inuit finishing igloo) © Chris Rainier/CORBIS (igloo at night, person in red coat by igloo) © Beat Glanzmann/zefa/CORBIS.

Adventure Journal found this video of two Inuit men building an igloo in 1949—and it just might inspire the snowy settler within. If you are inspired, there are plenty of igloo how-to's out there .

KANGIQSUJUAQ, Quebec -- Adami Sakiagak, his tongue poking out of the side of his mouth in concentrated effort, trimmed the edges on a block of snow above his head. Ice crystals cascaded around him ...

To build a solid, structurally sound igloo that a person can sit comfortably inside, you’ll need at least a foot of snow on the ground in your yard. And there’s a chance you’ll use all of it ...

Overlooking Hopedale harbour, Ross Flowers has built his home — as well as the traditional Inuit home: an igloo that's three metres wide, built from snow.Flowers builds the circular structure almost ...

"When we make the igloo, they loves it, they all come around," said Mark Nochasak. "They just light right up. Big smiles, laughs." This year was the third time Nochasak helped Flowers build an igloo.