Arctic helps funeral homes, morgues, crematories, and medical examiner offices choose quick-ship body boxes or custom mortuary cooler and freezer solutions built around capacity, space, access, and workflow.
Finding the right solution starts with knowing your peak capacity, expected holding needs, available space, transfer path, and how staff load and move decedents. Arctic can help determine whether a compact body box, a walk-in morgue cooler, or a mortuary freezer is the best fit for your operation.
Review the core differences between body boxes, walk-in coolers, and freezer configurations before you request a quote.
Compact, Multi-Body Storage
A body box is a practical choice for funeral homes and other facilities that need 2-, 3-, or 4-body capacity in a compact footprint. Select models are available for 2-day shipping.
Body Box specs coming soon
More Room To Work
A walk-in mortuary cooler supports higher-capacity storage and gives staff space to work with carts, racks, and trays. Door size, floors, ramps, lighting, and trim can be configured for your unique facility.
Walk-in specs coming soon
For Below-Freezing Storage
For facilities that require below-freezing storage, Arctic can help plan a mortuary freezer around the target temperature, expected load, room dimensions, ambient conditions, and access needs.
Understand Arctic’s panel, compressor, parts, and refrigeration coverage, along with registration, service guidance, and warranty claim information. Review the full terms for the specific unit and installation before purchase.
Access panel, door, floor, refrigeration, accessory, regulatory, and seismic information for planning and specification. Arctic’s resource library also includes drawings, manuals, and installation materials.
From flexible build options to certified floors and industry-best warranties, Arctic Walk-Ins delivers reliable, code-compliant cold storage built around your unique needs.
Custom or Quick-Ship
Choose a fully custom walk-in built to your exact specifications, or a quick ship unit ready for faster delivery, so you get the right fit for your project and budget, every single time.
Regulatory Compliance
Arctic panels meet or exceed federal energy efficiency standards, with R-values of 29 (cooler) and 32 (freezer) for 4-inch panels, and up to 39 and 43 for our thicker 5-3/8-inch panels.
Five Certified Floors
Choose from five floor types, independently tested and verified by third-party partners for stationary and rolling weight capacity to match your exact operational demands and traffic.
Industry-Best Warranty
Arctic warranty coverage includes a 15-year panel warranty and 5-year limited compressor warranty, subject to applicable terms, backed by service resources throughout equipment ownership.
Mortuary Cooler FAQs
Compare the function, capacity, access, and workflow of refrigerated body boxes, walk-in coolers, and freezer configurations. The right choice depends on your facility’s caseload, storage procedures, footprint, and handling method.
A mortuary cooler is a refrigerated storage system used by funeral homes, morgues, crematories, hospitals, coroner facilities, medical examiner offices, and similar organizations to hold decedents under controlled conditions. Options range from compact body boxes to walk-in rooms with configurable access and storage layouts.
A mortuary cooler maintains refrigerated conditions above freezing, while a mortuary freezer is designed for below-freezing storage. The appropriate choice depends on the facility’s procedures, holding requirements, and target temperature.
A body box can be a good fit when capacity and floor space are limited. A walk-in morgue cooler offers more room for higher-capacity storage, rack or tray configurations, and staff movement within the refrigerated space.
Arctic body boxes are available in 2-, 3-, and 4-body configurations. The appropriate size depends on expected capacity, available floor space, loading requirements, and how staff move decedents into and out of storage.
Share your desired capacity, target temperature, available dimensions, indoor or outdoor location, door and loading requirements, electrical information, site conditions, and anticipated project schedule. The more complete the information, the easier it is to evaluate the right configuration.
Yes. Quick shipping is available for select mortuary cooler models. Availability and the complete project timeline will depend on the configuration, site readiness, freight, installation, and other project requirements.
Plan With More Confidence
Use Arctic’s practical guides to compare options, plan the site, and understand the components that affect long-term performance.
Learn how body boxes and walk-in units differ, which factors affect capacity and energy use, and what to consider when evaluating storage, handling, maintenance, and the long-term needs of your facility.
Build a clearer project scope by reviewing capacity, location, door placement, floors, refrigeration, installation access, maintenance, quote comparisons, and common planning mistakes before you select a walk-in.
Understand when a standard configuration may be sufficient and when space constraints, target conditions, access needs, workflow, or future growth make a custom refrigeration solution the better fit for the facility.
Tell Arctic about your capacity, space, loading, temperature, and timeline requirements. Our team will help determine whether a quick-ship body box, walk-in cooler, or custom mortuary freezer is the right fit.
