How do you build an iglu that stands 20 feet tall? Very carefully.
A master iglu builder shares the secrets of his craft after raising an outsized version of the iconic structure for a community celebration in Iqaluit The last few blocks in the dome of the qaggiq are carefully placed (Casey Lessard)
Solomon Awa was 16 years old, alone, and stuck out in the cold. He had spent his youth camping, hunting caribou and harvesting fish with his father. He had watched his dad build shelters, helping to cut snow blocks and patch holes, learning how to eyeball optimal snow conditions and ideal curvatures. So, that day decades ago when he ventured too far out on the land to return before nightfall, Awa knew just what to do to protect himself from the elements. He built his first igloo, or
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