Arctic Hut
Protoype of Arctic housing unit, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, October, 2007
A Nunavut customer came to Covey Island Boatworks with his design because it was essentially an upside down boat, inspired by traditional Inuit practice of turning a summer hunting boat upside down for a winter shelter.
The design called for the kinds of off-grid systems Covey Island Boatworks incorporates in construction as a matter of course.
The owner is testing his prototype by living in it this winter in Rankin Inlet.
Other images from Rankin Inlet:
A tour of the Hut under construction
June 21, 2007
Enter...
Just inside the door. End of counter visible at right.
One view of living quarters.
Looking back toward counter.
Looking from window end toward door end.
Caulking the windows.
Roof seams at windows end.
View of loft.
A newly-constructed ladder appears
Bed.
A view from bed toward windows end.
End of tour
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