PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoInuit girl entering an igloo, Nunavut, Canada, ~1950lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageInuit girl entering an igloo, Nunavut, Canada, ~1950lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYou can make stairs out of snow.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoOk sure (not really) but why would you need stairs on a tundra?
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoMy guess is that it’s easier to dig out a structure than build one from the ground up.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago More space. More of the shelter is out of the wind. The deeper you go, the closer to the ‘average’ temperature you get, which is usually less miserable than whatever thermometer-breaking sub-zero temperature snap is causing people who are used to the weather to seek shelter.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoHave you tryed digging frozen ground? You would not do that for a short term dwelling.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSome igloos are made for long-term habitation.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThe interior of well-built igloos was usually in the 60s (F). Quite cozy considering it’s the fucking Arctic Circle.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoLacking doors, this is a way to cut down on wind coming into your igloo.
You can make stairs out of snow.
Ok sure (not really) but why would you need stairs on a tundra?
My guess is that it’s easier to dig out a structure than build one from the ground up.
More space.
More of the shelter is out of the wind.
The deeper you go, the closer to the ‘average’ temperature you get, which is usually less miserable than whatever thermometer-breaking sub-zero temperature snap is causing people who are used to the weather to seek shelter.
Have you tryed digging frozen ground? You would not do that for a short term dwelling.
Some igloos are made for long-term habitation.
The interior of well-built igloos was usually in the 60s (F). Quite cozy considering it’s the fucking Arctic Circle.
Lacking doors, this is a way to cut down on wind coming into your igloo.