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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).

A HOUSE OF SNOW AND ICEORIGINAL TEXT WRITTEN BY STEPHEN WHITT

ADAPTED BY JESSICA FRIES-GAITHER

OCTOBER 2009

http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jessica taught elementary and middle school in Memphis, TN and Anchorage, AK.

Jessica Fries-Gaither

Elementary Resource Specialist, The Ohio State University

Licensed Under a Creative Commons license.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Supported by the National Science Foundation

Stephen Whitt

Director of Experience Programs Teaching and Learning COSI

Flesch - Kincaid RL = 1.9

Find this story and others at:http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org/information.php?topic=stories

Issue 16: Peoples of the Arctic (October 2009) Copyright October 2009 – 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.

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They do not live in the igloos all year. They live with their families in houses made of wood.

The top of the world is covered with ice and snow. Photo courtesy of Adam Grimes via Flickr.com.

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.

WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO LIVE IN AN IGLOO? DRAW OR WRITE THE ANSWER BELOW.

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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.

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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).

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.

GLOSSARY

igloo: a house made from snow and ice

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.

People can build igloos to rest when they are far from home. Photo courtesy of Charles F. Cann, via Alaska’s Digital Archives.

What would it be like to live in an igloo? Photo courtesy of Istockphoto.com