Some Structural and Thermal Characteristics of Snow Shelters

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Elsner, Robert W., Pruitt, Jr., William O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1959
• Subjects: Attawapiskat River region; Ontario; Arctic; Fairbanks; Attawapiskat; Attawapiskat River; Barter Island; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66760

Reports investigations of dome-shaped shelters constructed in Alaska during winter 1955-56, some of loose, unconsolidated snow at the Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory, near Fairbanks, others of snow blocks on sea ice at Barter Island (70 08 N, 143 40 W). Pneumatic forms such as inflated weather balloon...