Jan 19, 2010: Boat Style Shelter

Gravdigr · 01-19-2010, 04:13 AM

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The extreme setting requires off-grid living and this Arctic prototype is equipped with solar, wind and marine driven systems.

They ain't all that green. Is that a (fossil) fuel tank to the right? Of course, up there, it does get cold as a polar bear's nuts. Colder, actually.

glatt · 01-19-2010, 07:31 AM

Heat rises. I like it that the sleeping loft is up in the "rafters" where it's warmer. Just like in a properly built igloo, where the sleeping platform is higher than the rest.

squirell nutkin · 01-19-2010, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Heat rises. I like it that the sleeping loft is up in the "rafters" where it's warmer. Just like in a properly built igloo, where the sleeping platform is higher than the rest.

Actually, to get all technical and nit-picky with you, heat moves towards cold in any direction. Hot air rises.

Sheldonrs · 01-19-2010, 11:11 AM

Would have been funnier if the house was located in ANCHORage.

newtimer · 01-19-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Is that a (fossil) fuel tank to the right?

Blubber-burning stove. As the Inuit proverb says: "Blubber that you harvest yourself warms you twice."

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2010, 10:03 AM

I don't think this was about being green, more like survival.

Gravdigr · 01-20-2010, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by newtimer

Blubber-burning stove. As the Inuit proverb says: "Blubber that you harvest yourself warms you twice."

Hmm...

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Heat rises. I like it that the sleeping loft is up in the "rafters" where it's warmer. Just like in a properly built igloo, where the sleeping platform is higher than the rest.

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