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The igloo is of course an arch. It takes a special kind of snow to construct one. If you live near water that doesn't freeze over in the winter, as I did in Michigan, the snow is always wet and heavy. Not once as a kid was the snow ever right. I heard the best snow is lee side of wind blown snow. ?? You want snow you can cut into a block. The density and firmness is sort of like marzipan, or sytofoam. To build it it has to be self supporting. So it follows the stone arch model of angle cut blocks. But it has to not fall down as it goes up. So it goes up in a spiral, each block being shaped with an angle so the next block doesn't just tip into the middle. Right handed? you spiral anti clockwise, so your knife can cut match the new block to the one already in place. (As in the video.) Nanook of the North shows good technique, there's also a National Film Board of Canada film that shows more detail. The idea to stay warm is that it blocks the wind, and a single candle, or just body heat will raise the inside temperature to the freezing point (32F) 0C. It can't get any warmer than this because then it will melt. If you do burn a candle, you'll need to poke a vent hole. The entrance here is just right. You remove blocks so it's in a trench which helps block the wind. A good survival skill would be to know how to construct at least the bottom courses. This would block the wind, which is most of the benefit. Some people in Michigan made 'igloos' by piling up snow, spraying water over the top and then digging out the interior. This can be dangerous if the snow inside collapses.

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​@FuZzOtagE Yeah, that sounds nice, but being from Texas here in the US it's just not bearable 😂 we are so used to the hot temperatures that I can't fathom EVER wanting to visit a cold country when I'm borderline frostbite from 65°F weather

Not from the west but from SEA this looks like pure death 🥶🥶🥶

I don't understand it either. I always love winters, unfortunately we no longer get those in Germany. Last winter was 5-15C throughout. To me global warming and the ever hotter summers are the true hell.

​@@yomammaa I grew up in AZ, but have lived in IL for ten years. I don't even put on a jacket until it's below freezing. It took only about eight years of acclimating!! 😵‍💫 But I love the cold now. Way less soul-sucking than the heat.

why are people on the internet so bitter? I got so fricking tired of the bs on Instagram that I thought "fuck it, I'll just watch something absolutely random like igloos on RUclips" and here this is. This species is fucked, man.

@@dhruv1019Self hate projecting outwards

@@dhruv1019 There's no escape from internet hate.

​@@dhruv1019 the guy's just mad he has no skills. Also, if he thinks white people have no claim to cold weather skills, then 😂😂😂😂

You cast a spell on the, with your wand of course. we learned all this in year 2 at hogwarts

It’s kind of like an arch but in 3d form. The top is curved, so yes friction partly keeps the innermost block from falling down, but since it’s angled, the adjacent blocks are partially underneath the center most one, on all sides, so there isn’t “room” for it to fall if the blocks are constructed correctly

@@daliguj221 Yeah but I imagined that you would have to put ice blocks on all sides at the same time to prevent them from falling inwards. Just like how you wouldn't build an arch without cement and expect it to not fall unless you somehow put all bricks in place all at the same time. I was asking why didn't individual blocks fall inwards when he was building it, not when the igloo was completed.

@@palapapa0201 while building yes it is friction. The angle changes gradually, and the snow needs to be densely packed and very dry. The blocks need to be the right size and shape too or they can fall in on themselves

I am planning to film a new video next week, where I will show in detail how it works!

I am going to show that in detail with my next video!

Thanks a lot for your feedback! No, I did not have any trouble with it during springtime.

Who cares?

​@joeybaseball7352 obviously you do if you bothered to reply. 😂

Very nice to hear you made some good memories (yes I care!). There is a way of getting your blocks even if you don't have deep enough snow. I will cover that up in the next video (coming soon).

Freut mich, gefällt es dir :)

Danke für das Lob!

freut mich zu hören :)

Thanks Mani!!

Thank you for your support! Appreciate that a lot!! If you build one of these, I'd be interested to see the result! 😃

Vielen Dank Marvin! 😊 Wo ist denn "bei euch"?

@@lapland_with_Chris Nordkarelien Finnland.

@@marvinschaible481 Habe mir die Gegend auf Google Maps angeschaut, sieht richtig spannend aus! 🤩

@@lapland_with_Chris Musst du Merlin Fragen da hat auch noch paar Bilder und Videos gemacht. LG

@@marvinschaible481 verstehe! 😄 deshalb kam mir sowohl dein Name als auch der Name der Gegend bekannt vor! Werde ihn mal fragen 😃👍

Ja vielen Dank dafür! Das freut mich 🤠

Ich erinnere mich düster 😂

Danke für dein Feedback Micha 😃

Das geht mir bei Micha ganz genauso! Freue mich, hat es dir gefallen! Wenn das Video hier auf RUclips noch ein bisschen verbreitet wird und wir damit auf Interesse stoßen, nehmen wir gern nochmal etwas auf (in besserer Qualität versteht sich).

@@lapland_with_Chris Das wäre nicht schlecht, denn die Qualität war ziemlich unterirdisch 😉 Aber so spannend, dass ich mich durch die Untertitel durchgekämpft habe 😁

Danke für das Feedback. Nächstes Mal wird das besser!

Ja es war unser erster Versuch. Der Aufwand war aber zu schade, es nicht zu nutzen - bitte einfach die Untertitel Funktion nutzen (das war auch der Grund, warum ich den geschrieben habe).

Alles auf einmal wäre wahrscheinlich zuviel gewesen für ein Video 😅

Danke, das freut mich zu hören! Den Spruch fand ich am passendsten. Unbedingt mal reinschauen... das sind echt verrückte Sachen, die der Micha schon so erlebt hat.