The NFB is committed to respecting your privacy

We use cookies to ensure that our site works efficiently, as well as for advertising purposes.

If you do not wish to have your information used in this way, you can modify your browser settings before continuing your visit.

Learn more
Skip to content

Embed this code on your site

Video player width

by Reset

Comment construire votre iglou

1949 10 min
Coming soon

Court métrage documentaire sur la construction des igloos. Il ne faut pas plus d'une heure et demie aux Inuits pour construire leurs « maisons de neige ». Cette architecture n'en obéit pas moins à des règles précises quant au choix du site, à la taille et à l'assemblage des blocs de neige et à la ventilation.

Sorry this content is not available in your current location.
Your rental expires on
None
You've already purchased this film.
Download it from My purchases.
Not available
Campus
Comment construire votre iglou

Details

Court métrage documentaire sur la construction des igloos. Il ne faut pas plus d'une heure et demie aux Inuits pour construire leurs « maisons de neige ». Cette architecture n'en obéit pas moins à des règles précises quant au choix du site, à la taille et à l'assemblage des blocs de neige et à la ventilation.

  • director
    Douglas Wilkinson
  • None
    Douglas Wilkinson
  • commentary
    Douglas Wilkinson
  • producer
    Michael Spencer
    Jacques Bobet
  • images
    Chester C. Kissick
  • editing
    Neil Harris
  • narration
    François Bertrand

Enjoy the NFB experience on your favourite device. 

Education

Ages 10 to 17

Family Studies/Home Economics - Housing
History and Citizenship Education - First Occupants (to 1500)
Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World
Social Studies - Comparative Civilizations

Students will research and compare other traditional native dwellings from different climates and cultures around the world. Students can do a comparative analysis of nomadic and sedentary lifestyles. Students should be encouraged to imagine and describe how different their own lives would be if they were nomadic. Students can view this film as part of a larger investigation on human adaptation and survival, or of Canada's North. Where conditions permit, students should be encouraged to build their own igloos.
Comment construire votre iglou
Also available