To learn the science behind igloos, you must first understand how heat moves. According to LabXchange, heat can be transferred through convection (the movement of gas or fluid), conduction (direct ...

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 ...

Igloos had no fires because there was not much firewood in the arctic. Some driftwood might have washed up on the shores, but if the Inuit did not live close to the sea, they would not have found it.

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 ...