Lo and behold, an inventor came up with an igloo maker! After ten minutes of reading the web site at "http://grandshelters.com", I knew that this was what I was waiting for all these years. I immediately ordered one, and it arrived in the mail a few days later.
Igloos are amazing things -- inside, it is eerily quiet, and actually quite warm, due to the great insulating qualities of snow. The interior is very spacious, since the walls are only about eight inches thick. We have been a little too scared to lean on them much, but there are pictures of people standing on their igloos on the Grand Shelters web page, so I'm sure we'll be a little more aggressive as the novelty wears off. (We are expecting to be using this as a kids' playhouse for another couple months!)
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For maximum strength, the ICEBOX creates an igloo in the shape of a
catenary curve (same shape as the St. Louis Arch).
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