I'm a student at UAA and for my anthropology class, Rise of Civilization, we had an experimental archaeology final project to replicate some sort of artifact from an ancient civilization.

My interest of northern indigenous peoples and my eagerness to make something of all the snow fall this year gave me the idea to build an igloo.

The professor said it would be an
acceptable project and so I set forth on researching the project and recreating an igloo in the most traditional fashion possible.

In the beginning I used snow blocks cut from the ground but without the right quality snow you would find in the arctic I switched to molding my own blocks.

After a weeks work, approximately 30 to 40 hours, and the use of a few modern tools such as a bread knife, metal spatula, shovel and a few rectangular storage bins I finished the igloo.


Thank You

Kyle Worl