The Igloo

by Andrea Villar
The igloo is a type of “snow house”
The snow house is a house made of
ice.
These types of houses are
constructed by Inuits. The Inuits
are the native people of the Artic.

But other people use the ice to cover

their houses which are made of
animal bones and skins.
Many years ago, ice was used to
protect people and animals from cold
because the ice is an insulating
material.
There are three types of Igloo:

The first is the smallest. It is

constructed by hunters, and it is
used only from time to time, not
very often during the year.

The second, medium-sized, was

intended as a family house

The last Igloo is the biggest and

many people can live inside it, and
usually it has got some different
rooms.

The igloo is dome-built and it has not

any supporting structure, apart
from the ice blocks themselves.
Now the Igloos are used as fun and
winter camps.

The end