IGLOO

ĭgˈloo [Inuit,=house]. The Eskimos traditionally had three types of houses. A summer house, which was basically a tent, a winter house, which was usually partially dug into the ground and covered with earth; and a snow or ice house. The latter was a dome-shaped dwelling constructed of blocks of snow placed in an ascending spiral with a low tunnel entrance. Although it can provide adequate protection for weeks in severe cold, it was used almost exclusively as a temporary shelter while traveling.

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books on: Igloo  - 511 results

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1.
School Training of Gifted Children
Book by Henry Herbert Goddard; World Book Company, 1928
Subjects: Ability, Education, Education--Ohio--Cleveland, Gifted Children
...father takes his snow knife and starts an igloo. His skill at this work is amazing. A...freeze together until in a few hours the igloo roof will bear the weight of several persons...wandering Polar Bear. The only heat in an igloo is from the lamp which burns seal oil or...
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Applied Climatology: Principles and Practice
Book by Russell D. Thompson, Allen Perry; Routledge, 1997
...1969 , since their igloo provides an excellent...snow used to build the igloo is a readily available...properties. Often several igloos are grouped closely together...particular grouping of igloos. The one main entrance...1989 . As one enters the igloo, through the buried...
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A Black Explorer at the North Pole
Book by Matthew A. Henson; University of Nebraska Press, 1989
Subjects: Explorers--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature, Henson, Matthew Alexander--1866-1955--Juvenile Literature, North Pole--Juvenile Literature
...oclock, myself in the lead, we reached the igloo built by Captain Bartlett. It had been...that I should stop for one sleep at every igloo built by the Captain, and that he should leave a note in his igloo for my instructions; but, in spite of...
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Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community
Book by Donna Patrick; Mouton de Gruyter, 2003
Subjects: Anthropological Linguistics--Quebec (Province)--Kuujjuarapik, Inuit--Quebec (Province)--Kuujjuarapik--History, Inuit--Quebec (Province)--Kuujjuarapik--Social Life And Customs, Inuktitut Dialect--Quebec (Province)--Kuujjuarapik--History, Kuujjuarapik (Quebec)--Social Life And Customs
...didnt even know about igloos and the first person...going out of the igloo startled me. I was...people inside his igloo. They lived in igloos near a small hill...familiar image of the igloo-inhabiting Eskimo , igloos were, for some Inuit...
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Special Operations Forces and Elusive Enemy Ground Targets: Lessons from Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War
Book by William Rosenau; Rand, 2001
Subjects: Ballistic Missiles--Iraq, Bombing, Aerial--United States, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Military Reconnaissance, Persian Gulf War, 1991--Aerial Operations, Persian Gulf War, 1991--Reconnaissance Operations, Special Forces (Military Science)--United States, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Aerial Operations, American, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Reconnaissance Operations
IGLOO WHITE AND THE ELECTRONIC BATTLEFIELD The...technology to the interdiction problem. The IGLOO WHITE program, a network of sensors and...sensors along the trail in Laos. 22 The IGLOO WHITE system was vast. In the words of one...
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journal articles on: Igloo  - 81 results

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The Shaman's Share, or Inuit Sexual Communism in the Canadian Central Arctic
Journal article by Bernard S. D'Anglure; Anthropologica, Vol. 35, 1993
Subjects: Culture, Inuit, Native peoples, Religion, Sexuality
...Qaggiq or ceremonial igloo for festivals and games...especially when two igloos had a large enough common...enter the ceremonial igloo, as we have alr eady...go the rounds of the igloos blowing out the lamps...the oil lamp inside the igloo which evokes the light...
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What People like Us Are Saying When We Say We'Re Saying the Truth
Journal article by Bruce Jackson; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 101, 1988
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...preparing for bed inside their igloo. They undress. One of the...questions about Flahertys igloo scene. First, where is the camera in this shot? Igloos arent very large, and we...was some distance from the igloo on a tripod. There is no...
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Synectics for Creative Thinking in Technology Education: An Instructor Using Synectics and Creative Problem-Solving Techniques Can Teach Students to Solve a Multitude of Academic Challenges
Journal article by Laura Hummell; The Technology Teacher, Vol. 66, 2006
Subjects: Education--Analysis, Education--Methods, Engineering--Study and teaching, Problem solving--Usage, Teaching methods--Analysis
...would it feel like to live in an igloo? What would it feel like to...circumstances? S: If I lived in an igloo, Id probably be cold, but...these places. If I lived in an igloo or castle, I imagine I would...in ancient times who lived in igloos and castles werent aware of...
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From Policies to Building: Public Housing in Canada's Eastern Arctic 1950s to 1980s
Journal article by Elizabeth Debicka, Avi Friedman; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 18, 2009
Subjects: Canadian native peoples--Homes and haunts, Canadian native peoples--Social aspects, Home ownership--Social aspects, Housing policy--Analysis, Inuit culture--Influence, Inuit--Homes and haunts, Inuit--Social aspects, Public housing--Social aspects
...Canadian snow house, better known as the igloo, offers further evidence of acclimatization...br/ Given the adaptive nature of the igloo, the rigidity of Euro-Canadian style...failed to capture the factors that made the igloo suited to the Arctic environment and culture...
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The Analyst as Eye Doctor and as Marine Mammal Specialist1
Journal article by Anna Ferruta; International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 88, 2007
Subjects: Dolphins & porpoises, Independence Day, Marine mammals
...frozen alone, offering her shelter in an igloo. To survive, she has had to proceed...analysand who had shut herself inside an opaque igloo. Here they are: Little Boy, Dead Girl...for thawing the frozen glass panes of the igloo; on the other, the repetitive theoretical...
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magazine articles on: Igloo  - 152 results

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A Weekend Snow Job--build an Igloo
Magazine article by Jena MacPherson; Sunset, Vol. 196, January 1996
Subjects: Camping, Housing, Mount Rainier, Mountains, Snow
...about 5 P.M., a small village of igloos had popped up in the meadow. Some...sofa and TV sculpture outside his igloo). Some igloos, lit from inside, glowed like translucent snowballs in the dark. An igloo, I soon discovered, is a good...
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Concert Supports Igloo Cathedral
Magazine article; Anglican Journal, Vol. 134, October 2008
Concert Supports Igloo Cathedral STAFF The diocese of Ottawas...to the proposed construction of the new Igloo Cathedral in 2009." This is the second...those wishing to make a donation to the igloo-shaped cathedral, which was destroyed...
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Snowdrifts to Be Added to "igloo" Cathedral [St Jude's Cathedral
Magazine article; Vol. 130, September 2004
Subjects: Anglican Church, Churches, FSC Architects & Engineers, Iqaluit Nunavut Canada, Renovation & restoration
Snowdrifts to Be Added to "igloo" Cathedral St Judes Cathedral STAFF The diocese of the Arctic has launched a campaign to raise $7 million for a major renovation of the igloo-shaped St. Judes Cathedral in Iqaluit, whose capacity is already...
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Igloo Church among Worst Heritage Losses in 2006
Magazine article; Anglican Journal, Vol. 133, April 2007
Igloo Church among Worst Heritage Losses in 2006 STAFF St. Judes Cathedral in Iqaluit, which was damaged by arson in November 2005...
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Fatal North
Magazine article by Bruce Henderson; The American Spectator, Vol. 34, April 2001
Subjects: Books, Exploration, Explorers, Hall, Charles Francis (1821-71), North Pole, United States
...shelters. They built igloos, with Joe doing most...encampment was built: a large igloo for the men, a smaller...blubber-oil lamp in their igloo, and it was served to...bring in some seals, the igloos would soon be in complete...flickering light in the igloo he shared with the Eskimos...
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If You Really Do Get Stuck, Here's How to Build Your Own Igloo ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 24, 2008
Subjects: Basketball players--Methods
...Celsius, a wellconstructed igloo in sub-zero temperatures provides...If constructed correctly, an igloo should be strong, solid andsecure...tooccasionally climb on top of abandoned igloos the better to survey thesurrounding...polar bear to sit atop your igloo,follow our step-by-step...
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Snow Joke in an Igloo; Is Life Getting Too Comfortable for You? Then You Need a Deprivation Vacation, Spending a Night in an Igloo beneath the North Face of the Eiger
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 14, 2005
...spending the night in an igloo underneath the north...Eiger in Switzerland. Igloos, as with mud huts...expeditions in the Arctic. The igloo is now also part of a...some. There were six igloos, and more being constructed...sort of set-up. The igloo experience was conceived...
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N-ICE HOUSE! Igloo Boy Elliott at Home in Snow
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), January 9, 2010
N-ICE HOUSE! Igloo Boy Elliott at Home in Snow. Byline...sub-zero temperatures to craft his own igloo large enough to house a table and four...enterprising youngster was desperate to make an igloo in his back garden last February, but...
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Igloo's Cardiff Bay Scheme to Leap Ahead as Porth Teigr; PLANSFORA DIGITAL MEDIA CENTRE
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 10, 2010
Subjects: Hallett, Mark
Igloos Cardiff Bay Scheme to Leap Ahead...been rebranded Porth Teigr. Igloo, the sustainable real estate...home in September. Yesterday Igloos development director Mark Hallett...together." Mr Hallett said Igloo would also look to attract longer...
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Igloo to Partner WDA in Pounds 200m Dockside Revival
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 3, 2006
...value of pounds 2.5bn today. Igloo was appointed following a rigorous selection procedure. Igloo was created to deliver environmentally...funds. Alongside the WDA, Igloo will now work with a team of...at Cardiffs inner harbour. Igloos development director, Mark...
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encyclopedia articles on: Igloo  - 2 results

 
 
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Igloo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IGLOO ig loo Inuit,=house. The Eskimos traditionally had three types of houses. A summer house, which was basically a tent, a...
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Eskimo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sometimes stone, placed over excavated floors. Among some Eskimo groups the snow hut was used as a winter residence (see igloo ). More commonly, however, such structures were used as temporary overnight shelters during journeys. The dogsled was used...


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