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People building an igloo. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Photograph
by Frank E. Kleinschmidt.
People use animal furs as beds inside an igloo. Photo courtesy of Canadian Geological Survey via Frank and
Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephen Whitt
Jessica Fries-Gaither
Director of Experience Programs
Teaching and Learning COSI
Elementary Resource Specialist,
The Ohio State University
He has written over 40 articles for children’s
science magazines, and his first book, called
The Turtle and the Universe was published by
Prometheus Books in 2008.
Issue 16: Peoples of the Arctic
(October 2009)
Copyright October 2009 – The Ohio State University
Jessica taught elementary and middle school in
Memphis, TN and Anchorage, AK.
Supported by the National
Science Foundation
Licensed Under a Creative Commons license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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A HOUSE OF SNOW AND ICE
ORIGINAL TEXT WRITTEN BY STEPHEN WHITT
ADAPTED BY JESSICA FRIES-GAITHER
OCTOBER 2009
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The top of the world is covered with ice and snow. Photo courtesy of Adam Grimes via Flickr.
com.
WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO LIVE IN AN IGLOO? DRAW OR WRITE THE ANSWER BELOW.
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An igloo is a house made with blocks of
snow. It is shaped like a circle. There is a door
that you can crawl through to get inside.
Animal furs cover the door and keep the cold
air out.
The hunters live with their families in houses made
of wood. Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior/USGS, U.S. Geological Survey.
They do not live
in the igloos
all year. They
live with their
families in houses
made of wood.
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The top of the world is covered with ice
and snow. It is very cold there. There are
no trees. Animals like seals, polar bears,
and caribou live there.
igloo: a house made from snow and ice
GLOSSARY
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The hunters start a fire in the igloo. The
walls trap the heat inside and keep the
cold air out. The hunters rest on beds
made from animal furs. Then they leave
the igloo and keep hunting.
An igloo is a house made with blocks of snow. It is shaped like a circle. Photo courtesy of Canadian
Geological Survey via Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
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What would it
be like to live in
an igloo? Photo
courtesy of
Istockphoto.com
People can build
igloos to rest
when they are far
from home. Photo
courtesy of Charles
F. Cann, via Alaska’s
Digital Archives.
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Igloos have helped people survive at the
top of the world for many years. Do you
think it would be fun to live in one?
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People have lived there for many years.
They travel far from their homes to
hunt animals. But it is very cold. Where
can they rest? They can build an igloo.
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