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Igloo. What is an igloo?. Igloos , or the Ice Houses are built of snow and ice in very cold places like Canada’s Central Arctic and Greenland’s Thule area.
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Igloo What is an igloo? Igloos, or the Ice Houses are built of snow and ice in very cold places like Canada’s Central Arctic and Greenland’s Thule area.
An igloo consists of blocks of ice. The roof has a small hole for fresh air. The short door is covered by animal skin which keeps the igloo warmer than the outside weather. What does an igloo consist of?
Structure of igloos • Compact bricks of snow are cut from snow so that they are strong, and the structure is built without using any cement.