How to Build an Igloo: And Other Snow Shelters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393732153)

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.

Author: Norbert E. Yankielun
ISBN-10: 0393732150
ISBN-13: 9780393732153
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2007
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 5.54h x 8.98w x 0.41d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 272