How to Build an Igloo: And Other Snow Shelters

How can you determine if the fresh snow that's fallen outside your front door is as good for making a slab shelter as a snowman? What is a slab shelter, anyway? For that matter, what are drift caves, spruce traps, snow block walls, and bivy bag shelters, and how would you go about building them, whether for winter fun or protection from the weather?

In this instructive, whimsical, illustrated manual, Norbert E. Yankielun, a seasoned cold-regions explorer and researcher, takes readers step-by-step through the process of constructing and inhabiting a range of useful snow structures--from the most basic to the more complex. Whether you're a veteran backcountry skier or a backyard builder, this is one book you won't want to be without.

Dr. Norbert E. Yankielun, P.E. (Bert), is a former research electrical engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Laboratory. He has participated in many Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, developed, fielded, and patented many geophysical instrumentation devices and authored several technical journal articles..

"How to Build an Igloo" evolved through more than 20 years instructing snow shelter building workshops throughout New England and experience on expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic and other cold, snowy places.

Bert is a consulting electrical engineer in private practice, Fellow of the Explorers Club, an Amateur Radio operator, and wilderness emergency technician (WEMT). He maintains an active interest in Arctic and Antarctic science and is eager to participate in research expeditions.

During the winter he conducts several igloo-building workshops, which draw hundreds of people, including family and scouting groups as well as serious outdoor adventurers..

Web site is www.DoctorWhy.com.