Igloos

Information on The Inuit of Nunavut - Canada

Traditional turf house with ice porch still used as hunters shelter. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

Visitor to the Arctic uses an outdoor toilet screened from the wind by a wall of snowblocks. Nunavut. Canada. 1999

A Qaggiq,(large communal feasting igloo) built out of blocks of lake ice near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 1999

A group of igloos being built on Igloolik Island. Nunavut, Canada. 1999

John Ululijarnaat, an inuit hunter, uses a snow knife to finish an igloo he has built. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

Thomasie Nutarariaq, an Inuk from Igloolik sitting inside an Igloo. Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Tatigat, an inuk, pulls aside the snow brick over the igloo door at dusk. Igloolik. Nunavut. Canada. 1993

Tatigat,an inuk, pulls aside the snow brick over the igloo door at dusk. Igloolik. Nunavut. Canada. 1993

Inuit boy Gilbert Augsaq in blue, and a young friend, investigate an igloo built on Hamlet Day, Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Igloos and Inukshuks built from snow as part of the celebrations for Hamlet Day in Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Igloos and Inukshuks built from snow as part of the celebrations for Hamlet Day in Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

An Igloo built out on the frozen sea near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

An Inuit boy at the entrance to an Igloo built out on the frozen sea near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

An Inuit boy carrying snow bricks to build an an Igloo out on the frozen sea at Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Two igloos built on Igloolik Island. Nunavut, Canada. 1999

Thomasie Nutarariaq, an Inuk from Igloolik sitting inside an Igloo. Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Inuit hunter, Thomasie Nutarariaq, building an an Igloo as a shelter. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

A Qaggiq (large communal feasting igloo) made from blocks of lake ice at Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 1999

An Inuit child playing with a model igloo at playschool in Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1999

Interior of traditional Inuit turf house. Note seal oil lamp on table. Igloolik, N.W.T., Canada. 1993

An Igloo on sea ice near Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

At dusk, an Inuit hunter, puts the finishing touches to an Igloo he has built. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Inuk on a snow mobile passes the geodetic houses in Baker Lake at dusk. Nunavut. Canadian Arctic. 1982

A Qaggiq (large communal igloo for feasts) built from lake ice near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 1999

John MacDonald, a Scot who lives in Canada's arctic, playing the bagpipes in a large igloo.Nunavut, Canada. 1999

Inuit girl playing with a model igloo in the Headstart early learning program. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1999

Inuit hunter, Thomasie Nutarariaq, smooths the sides of an igloo he has built with his snow knife. Igloolik. Nunavut. Canada. 1990

Aipilk crawling through the doorway of his igloo at night. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aipilik, An Inuit hunter, outside his igloo during a fishing trip. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Inuit hunter Tatigat dressed in caribou skin, near an igloo he has built. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

Inuk, Tatigat, in caribou furs sits on his snowcooter near igloo he has built. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

By moonlight, Aipilik, puts the finishing touches to an Igloo he has built. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

A traditional Igloo built with blocks of snow. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aipilik, An Inuit hunter, refuels a Coleman stove at his camp. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Thomasie Nutarariaq, an Inuk from Igloolik stands outside an Igloo. Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Inuit of the Igloolik region build a large igloo. Lyon's picture for Parry's Journal. Voyage of Discovery. 1821-23