Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Eskimo Igloo House

Igloo is a shelter from bad weather Eskimos and disorders beast. When viewed, igloo shape is not like a house in general. The house was shaped like a large dome with a narrow hallway as the entrance. Although the shape of this house looks simple, but it is not easy to melt and the structure is very strong.
Eskimos build igloo in the winter. They used ice boxes shaped like a brick. To arrange a igloo ice, Eskimos make a hole first. Form a circular hole and serves as a foundation or base of the building. After that, the box-shaped chunk of ice was placed in it and arranged in a clockwise direction to form a large dome. Reportedly, when the igloo is built correctly, the roof can support the body of one adult. That proves how strong the structure of this building.


Well, even when made from chunks of ice, the temperature inside the igloo is warm enough. The temperature inside the house temperature is unaffected outside the home. If measured, the temperature inside the igloo bekisar between - 7 to 16 degrees celsius. Meanwhile, the temperature outdoors, especially during the winter can reach - 45 degrees celsius. Therefore, the eskimo feel comfortable living in the igloo. Typically, to add warmth, layer in the igloo is often coated with animal skins.The skin may warm the room up to 20-20 degrees.
TypeBased on the large and usefulness, igloo is divided into three types, namely:Small 1.Iglo: built for temporary shelter. Usually made by the hunters when performing work on a broad icefield.
Medium-sized 2.Iglo: semipermanent residence built for the eskimo. In it there is only one room occupied by two families who can at once. Medium-sized igloo is generally made by the Inuit. In a region where there are several medium-sized igloo in an area, there is a possibility it is the Inuit village.
3.Iglo large: Generally has 5 rooms that can accommodate more than 20 people.Igloo large type may be a combination of several small-sized igloo, each connected by tunnels. Igloo These typically only have one door as the main door. For the Eskimo tribes, large igloo is used for a gathering place or place of the traditional feast.
How to Make a igloo

Directions block of ice while preparing to make an iglooa clear need block ice blocks perfectly strong and sturdy, then beam the beam is assembled as
as we set up the brick when making the wall / walls of the house, and ice the ice close to each other adrift / paste due to wind and will be strong by itself. Holes dug in the snow made the front room near the entrance. In the higher part used as family room and bedroom. Small tunnels are often built in front of the entrance, so that wind from the outside does not directly enter into and warmth from the inside does not run out when the door opened. Snow is a good coating material, so the room in the igloo can be used as a place to stay warm and comfortable. One or two blocks of ice on the walls to be removed to create windows and ventilation for the room in the igloo is not dark when snow closed the door of the beam.
Igloo is a unique dome construction, because it was built of blocks of mutually supporting each other without using a frame structure. When built correctly, the roof of the igloo dome could hold the weight of one person standing on it. The heat of traditional Inuit lamp called qulliq could melt the ice on the inside of the igloo, but the melting ice can be frozen again and form a new ice sheet add strength building igloos.

Igloo side view: (1). family room / bedroom (2). entrance and storage of goods (3).window (4). ventilation
The bedroom is located on the inside of the house higher than the room is near the entrance. The interior of the igloo lower room where the air is cold assembled, because the cold air that has a high specific gravity to flow down. Instead, the hot air has a low specific gravity flow to the top, so keep warm sleeping space when installed heaters, lights, or bed wearing only a blanket. There is also (The Central Inuit, especially those living in the Davis Strait) that modify the family room with a coat of animal skins. Room temperature in an igloo covered with animal skins that can be 2 ° C to 10-20 ° C warmer than without coating

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