April 16, 2013 - Welcome to the Igloo-Village

CaliforniaMama · 04-16-2013, 01:14 PM

The Romantic Igloo

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Welcome to nature amidst a carefully designed environment made of glistening snow crystals – rebuilt every season from 3000 tons of snow at six locations in the Alps and the Pyrenees. A vivid product for exciting events and one of the most innovative hotel concepts of our times – CO2-neutral and sustainable. A memorable experience awaits you!

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glatt · 04-16-2013, 01:49 PM

I wouldn't mind spending a night in one.

limey · 04-16-2013, 02:07 PM

Added to my bucket list (which I actually do use for planning breaks and special holidays!)

xoxoxoBruce · 04-16-2013, 09:33 PM

I'd like to see it, but I don't see the point of sleeping there. It's dark and you're sleeping, just like everywhere else.

ZenGum · 04-17-2013, 12:14 AM

I wouldn't be able to sleep there anyway, not with that Iva Davies pop music echoing around inside my head.

DanaC · 04-17-2013, 02:18 AM

I think I'd feel a little clasutrophobic in there. It's a little bit too cavelike for comfort. And I'd be very aware that I was sleeping under what is, to all intents and purposes a paused avalanche...

Silly I know.

Looks gorgeous though!

infinite monkey · 04-17-2013, 07:58 AM

Igloo? Ice? Cold?

Uh...yeah. No.

Gravdigr · 04-17-2013, 02:27 PM

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...and sustainable...

...like the polar bear skin they are lying on?

BigV · 04-17-2013, 02:58 PM

probably not a polar bear skin, looks more like sheepskin to me.

I've overnighted in an igloo. It's surprisingly warm. Let's face it, snow is a magnificent insulator. It's crucial to build it so there's a cold sink. You need to sleep on a shelf with a lower space below the sleeping area where the coldest air will collect. It's also important to leave a hole in the top to let the warm air escape, or you'll get condensation and maybe drips. Of course, you need an insulating pad because the snow's cold, but that's easy.

the one in the pictures is HUGE, the one I slept in was much smaller. Making them is also warm work I can tell you.

glatt · 04-17-2013, 02:59 PM

exactly. and the diesel fuel the heavy machinery uses to pile up the 3000 tons of snow.

infinite monkey · 04-17-2013, 03:07 PM

What's. The. Point?

Ooooh, it's WARM.

Yeah, so's a hotel, and I get room service and I can sleep nude. I can take a pee in the middle of the night without freezing my pretty little patootie off.

It's as pointless as a Jimmy John's restaurant.

(And I've come full circle. My work here is done.)

CaliforniaMama · 04-19-2013, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I think I'd feel a little clasutrophobic in there. It's a little bit too cavelike for comfort. And I'd be very aware that I was sleeping under what is, to all intents and purposes a paused avalanche...

Silly I know.

Looks gorgeous though!

O K . Thanks for that insightful image . . .

It feels like the day I realized that taking a cruise meant being in a boat in the middle of the ocean all alone and vulnerable . . .

04-16-2013, 02:07 PM	#3
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Added to my bucket list (which I actually do use for planning breaks and special holidays!) __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-16-2013, 09:33 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'd like to see it, but I don't see the point of sleeping there. It's dark and you're sleeping, just like everywhere else. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-17-2013, 12:14 AM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I wouldn't be able to sleep there anyway, not with that Iva Davies pop music echoing around inside my head. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-17-2013, 02:58 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	probably not a polar bear skin, looks more like sheepskin to me. I've overnighted in an igloo. It's surprisingly warm. Let's face it, snow is a magnificent insulator. It's crucial to build it so there's a cold sink. You need to sleep on a shelf with a lower space below the sleeping area where the coldest air will collect. It's also important to leave a hole in the top to let the warm air escape, or you'll get condensation and maybe drips. Of course, you need an insulating pad because the snow's cold, but that's easy. the one in the pictures is HUGE, the one I slept in was much smaller. Making them is also warm work I can tell you. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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04-16-2013, 01:49 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I wouldn't mind spending a night in one.

04-17-2013, 07:58 AM	#7
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Igloo? Ice? Cold? Uh...yeah. No.

04-17-2013, 02:59 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	exactly. and the diesel fuel the heavy machinery uses to pile up the 3000 tons of snow.

04-17-2013, 03:07 PM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	What's. The. Point? Ooooh, it's WARM. Yeah, so's a hotel, and I get room service and I can sleep nude. I can take a pee in the middle of the night without freezing my pretty little patootie off. It's as pointless as a Jimmy John's restaurant. (And I've come full circle. My work here is done.)

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