"My family lives near the Polar Circle." When hearing this sentence, many people will probably think of a hard living environment, such as wearing furry warm clothes and catching fish every day to feed themselves. Inside the small igloo... Wait, it’s the 21st century now. Let’s take a look at how the Hjertef?lger family of six, who actually live there, live like “average people” and even live a healthier life!
Since 2013, the Hjertef?lger family has lived a self-sufficient life on the Norwegian island of Sandhorn. In order to overcome the difficult natural environment, they themselves and the help of their friends built a three-story earthen house with five bedrooms and two bathrooms. Sand, water, soil and other organic materials were Their finest natural building materials.
Mud alone cannot provide effective shelter from wind and rain, so they built a 25-foot-tall arch-shaped "protective shield" outside the hut, which can not only withstand strong winds and blizzards, but also It can significantly reduce the cost of heating equipment, and it can add more style to a rustic cabin, both in terms of functionality and aesthetics.
As for the food issue, there is no need to worry about it. This semicircular cover also covers a vegetable garden. In this greenhouse environment, they grew a variety of fruits and vegetables: apples, cherries, plums, apricots, kiwis, grapes, cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, pumpkins, melons, etc., which can produce three crops a year. Even under growing conditions with no sunlight at all, it still produces sweet fruits.
Perhaps in the eyes of urbanites, living in the cold Arctic Circle is quite boring and painful, but for the Hjertef?lger family, life surrounded by magnificent scenery and mysterious aurora is very comfortable: "We love this house and the process of building it reshaped our family so much that we will never find that hard-to-explain strength of composure in a house designed and built by others."
