In less than three months, some friends have finished what they hope is a record-breaking igloo at a Bellevue duplex.

After 14 inches of snow fell in early December in Paul Steckart's backyard, he and some friends began to build the dome-shaped shelter, dubbed the "Bigloo," out of hard 80-pound blocks of snow and ice

At about 27 feet in diameter and 17 feet 4 inches in height, the Bigloo may be large enough to make it into Guinness World Records. The current record was set in Canada in 2008 with an igloo 13 feet 8 inches tall and 25 feet 9 inches wide.