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Life & fun · August 23, 2016

Igloos That Don't Melt

The Igloo Satellite Cabin is designed to provide safe, reliable accommodation in remote areas.

Igloos That Don't Melt launched on August 23, 2016 with 81 votes, #602 of 3,856 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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The Igloo Satellite Cabin is a prefabricated, insulated shelter designed for remote accommodation. Weighing 250 kg and measuring 3m wide by 2.1m high, it assembles from eight wall panels and four floor panels bolted together and anchored with wire tie-downs. Units can be extended with tunnels, linked together, and transported by helicopter fully assembled. The cabins serve exploration, research, and ecotourism operations, with models in use since 1982.

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The basic Igloo Satellite Cabin, weighing 250 kg and 3m wide x 2.1m high, is pre-fabricated, insulated and made from 8 wall panels and 4 floor panels. The whole Igloo is bolted together and secured to ground anchors by 8 wire tie-down lines. Igloos can be extended and interlinked with tunnels. Units can be flown fully assembled by helicopter, and are ideal short-term accommodation for exploration, research and ecotourism. Igloos have been in use since 1982. The basic Igloo Satellite Cabin consists of three plain panels, four window panels, one door panel with rain hood, one top-knot and four floor panels. Wall panels may be purchased separately to create the configuration best suited to…from icewall.com.au

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