Even when Arctic blizzards are blowing overhead, the body-heated igloo often keeps so warm that the Eskimos snug inside need wear no clothes at all. Contact us at letters@time.com ...

However, the Inuit, the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic and subarctic regions, have mastered the art of surviving in these circumstances by building igloos for shelter. But how can a cold ...

Inuit usually built their winter villages on ... a layer of snow formed in a single drift Almost any snow will work for an experienced igloo builder in a pinch, but the best kind is a deep layer ...

Indeed, during his two years studying arctic survival skills from the Netsilik tribe of Inuit on King William Island, polar explorer Roald Amundsen became an expert igloo builder, even though at ...