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Polar bear baking cookies in an igloo kitchen with a glowing stove and holiday garlands. Download the free PDF for a sweet, cozy coloring break.
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Download PDFPrintA polar bear holding a cookie tray in an igloo with a stove, a pot, a table with a bowl, rolling pin, teacup and candle, a rug, a stool and garlands.
Shade the ice blocks with very light blues and keep the fire warm and bright.
Write the polar bear's secret cookie recipe.
A small hunting igloo could be built in about an hour by a skilled builder.
A polar bear baking cookies in an igloo is pure fantasy, but the igloo itself is a brilliant real-world design. Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland traditionally built them as winter shelters, especially during hunting trips.
Igloos are made of blocks cut from firm, packed snow rather than ice. The blocks are set in a rising spiral that leans inward until it closes into a dome. That rounded shape is very strong, shrugging off wind and the weight of fresh snow, and a small vent at the top lets stale air escape.
The surprise is how much warmer it can be inside than out. Snow is full of tiny air pockets, which makes it an excellent insulator. Body heat and a small oil lamp are enough to take the bite out of the cold.
Many igloos have a low tunnel entrance that keeps icy wind from blowing straight in. Sleeping platforms were often raised above the door level, because warm air rises and collects near the top. It is simple physics put to clever use. Even today, some Inuit hunters still know how to build an igloo as an emergency shelter when they are caught out by bad weather.
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