In this adventure I am building my definitely most difficult shelter ever. It took me way more time to cut the ice blocks with only hand tools than expected and consumed most of my energy. I also had a wolf pack encounter the first day which is very rare here in Norway. I didn't bring along any firewood to make a campfire to scare the wolves off, and decided to pack my stuff slowly and get away from the lake as soon as possible. It was definitely a SCARY encounter as they became curious and didn't move, and it was on Christmas eve so there were not a single person around. I managed to finish the igloo/ice shelter in 6 days with temperatures dropping to -30 degrees, and installed a tent stove inside of it keeping me pretty warm the whole night as the thick ice blocks insulated well. The only drawback was that the temperature rose the last day and the heat from the stove melted the ice walls inside and made the floor a bit wet. All in all, the hardest but MOST FUN adventure so far. Enjoy my friends.
#bushcraft #igloo #survival #wintercamping
