South Pole Topography

Re:South Pole Topography by metadat on Friday January 27, 2023 @06:28PM (#34553241)

How about a building which rests on screw-like pillars which sit in a motorized shaft, with the pillar extending from the structure down into the ground.

The tops of the pillars would be accessible from inside the building.

When you want the building "height" to increase, you install another notch to each pillar and set the system to climb it's way up (or even down) a notch.

Such a structure would be "drift" proof.

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Is this the concept alluded to but not addressed directly in TFA?

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Re:South Pole Topography by ttepasse on Friday January 27, 2023 @11:40PM (#34555210)

The 3rd south pole station is designed for hydraulically jacking up those pillars and installing height:

https://www.southpolestation.com/foundationdesign.html

https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/livingsouthpole/new...

It’s the current trend for antarctic architecture, also seen in the German Von Neumayer III and the British Halley VI stations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumayer-Station_III

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_Research_Station

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Re:South Pole Topography by Cerium on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:31PM (#34672078)

I misinterpreted your idea at first: Could the building rest on a set of screw piles? [1] Presumably they would get stuck, but perhaps you could heat them when you wish to move. The building could then be a self-jacking snow anchor.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_piles

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