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drygnfyre t1_j23pdr1 wrote

You can sweat inside very well built igloos. I've read the insides can reach temperatures of up to 90 F, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but yet I can still sort of believe it.

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tuigger t1_j240u24 wrote

You can build a fire inside them.

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odd_1nt3g3r5 t1_j249bab wrote

I’ve done winter camping and I can confirm, you can sweat inside snow shelters.

We didn’t make igloos, we made quinzees. The concept is similar, but instead of directly constructing a dome you just pile up snow as high as you can get it and then hollow out the center. After a weekend inside one, a thick layer of glassy ice built up on the inside. We were sometimes unable to knock them down when it was time to leave because the ice could withstand the weight of the 4 people who had lived inside jumping on top of it. The windchill was -40 that weekend and we had to remove layers once inside the quinzee.

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WalkerBRiley t1_j24thgq wrote

Quinzees are amazing shelters and I do believe what most people mistaken think of when they hear 'igloo'. Igloos require specific snow and conditions to be able to build. Quinzees just require snow, preferably dense snow so it sticks together.

Just gotta be careful when building them. The whole idea is to have a shelter to protect against hypothermia, but if you work so hard you begin to sweat, you kinda defeat the purpose. Either requires a change of clothes or just take your time making one.

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odd_1nt3g3r5 t1_j24v99r wrote

Yep, we were cautioned about sweating during training before our outing. Go slow, pay attention to your body, and remove layers (especially your hat, weirdly enough) if you get too warm. Sweat is deadly in the cold.

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