How To Build An Igloo Pa

How can you determine if the fresh snow that's fallen outside your front dooris as good for making a slab shelter as a snowman? What is a slabshelter, anyway? For that matter, what are drift caves, spruce traps,snow block walls, and bivy bag shelters, and how would you go aboutbuilding 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.