Pressestimmen
Touching on everything from snow science to structural physics [E]qually suited to the serious explorer and the backyard builder. --Mike Chino
Kurzbeschreibung
How are the ice blocks of igloos so perfectly formed and fitted? How can you determine if fresh snow is as good to make a slab shelter with as a snowman? What are slab shelters, drift caves and snow block walls, and how would you go about building them, whether for fun or protection from the weather? This instructive, whimsical manual takes readers through the process of constructing and inhabiting a range of snow structures. Material on igloo physics, proper winter hydration, fuelling tips and more is included.
Synopsis
How are the ice blocks of igloos so perfectly formed and fitted? How can you determine if fresh snow is as good to make a slab shelter with as a snowman? What are slab shelters, drift caves and snow block walls, and how would you go about building them, whether for fun or protection from the weather? This instructive, whimsical manual takes readers through the process of constructing and inhabiting a range of snow structures. Material on igloo physics, proper winter hydration, fuelling tips and more is included.
Über den Autor
NORBERT E. YANKIELUN is a research engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Laboratory. In his spare time, he conducts igloo-building workshops, which draw hundreds.
