Walk from the South Pole to Dome

[puakenikeni2011]

i want to go inner earth and fly vril!!!! this is hot

[1954murphy]

An ATV would come in handy.

[PaintSlinger99]

Only ppl alive after 2 years of nukes

[JamesKagelberg]

@PaintSlinger99 i doubt that because they are so dependable of supply flights

[dukeman079]

I thought people would do more skiing than walking in antarctica

[intuitiveexplorer]

Where's The Thing?

[sladesyd]

use solar energy

[randy9121]

why cant you use solar?

[ksbeattie]

@randy9121 probably because 1/2 of the year it's dark.

[randy9121]

@ksbeattie oh shit lol forgot that one sorry

[manofsan]

@randy9121,

I bet snow & ice would coat those solar panels pretty quickly

[knoobidade]

what´s your better options to replace get fuel energy?

[papioscarw]

Things sure looked a lot different in the Dome back in 1979 when I was there. One thing never changes is the cold. 

[Dracony345]

Super!

[ActiveStorage]

have you guys discovered that energy flux of infinite energy coming down from space yet?

[ksbeattie]

@ActiveStorage you mean the sun?

[ActiveStorage]

@ksbeattie lol. no. i dont know what i mean really

[lizardgizzard108]

@ksbeattie No, the moon.

[gumdokim]

Lol the guy's mustache was frozen...you know u guys sorta resemble the cast of "The Thing." The south pole makes me think of that movie lol

[mangaliewa]

what kind/source of energy is used there?

[ksbeattie]

@mangaliewa jet fuel, brought in by the planes.

[swamigal]

@mangaliewa they are burning money there, isnt it obvious :P

[adamlyons87]

I would love to experience life there for a few months, but I don't suppose unless you're a geology (or at least, in some kind of research-based profession) you could do something like this?

You mention tourists, can you go and stay there for a while??

[ksbeattie]

@adamlyons87 Yea to go there you either need to be a researcher and get a project funded to go there, work for one of those researchers (like me), get a job with RPSC supporting the research there (i.e. work in the kitchen), or pay a lot of money for an adventure trip down there (as a 'tourist').

[ZackAttack261]

do you think you can survive out their with only a hunting rifle and a heavy coat

[ksbeattie]

@ZackAttack261 No. The rifle would be useless, there's nothing to hunt there (except of course the people working down there and a few tourists).

[ZackAttack261]

@ksbeattie poler bears and walruses ;)

[sotkajaervi]

@ZackAttack261 wrong pole :p

[porkypinekiwi]

how warm does it get outside there?

[ksbeattie]

@porkypinekiwi When I was there it got up to +5F. I think the record high is +7F

[DrTabooo]

I would love to live there for a year. But for now Alaska will do.

[5610winston]

Pretty brisk walking pace there, but then, who can blame you?

[RoyaIIioness]

That is some seriously crunchy snow under your feet

[Dwojy18]

The scene kind of reminds me of an IRL Red Alert mission. Powerplants, domes, snow...

[ninjafatballz]

what powers the powerplant??!! coal?? gah too many questions!

[belleisfat]

you have no idea how lucky you are my friend

[CamiloSanchez1979]

cool video pal..I would love to have wild sex inside that dome, it must be an awesome experience

[skullcrusher301]

@CamiloSanchez1979 ha it would be AMPLIFIED

[YourPowerStation]

@CamiloSanchez1979 yeah you and all your parts would be frozen solid along with your partner

[deltaalpha21074]

Looks cool as shit place like in movies Alien Sapceship Scientists are digging out of ICE or something? The Thing...

[bsc1959]

does that snow melt during the summer ? what's the temp.there in the summer months ?

[seungyoo86]

yea i believe that most of the time year round it's pretty green and sunny over there

[al3x440]

around -20, lol

[grooveclubhouse]

i believe your looking at the dead of summer right there!

[elenaiubire]

@bsc1959 the snow doesn't melt there, ever.

in the summer the temperature do not cross -20Celsius

[Exarian]

at least once in my life, I wanna work maintenance as an over-winter person.

[RavishingRedheadd]

wow do you live there? i woudl not last too cold!

[Clacatoo]

U are so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so Lucky!

[lukaslukaslukas5]

can you please ask the staff what they use the giant telescope for ? i wonder if theyll tell you...

[lukaslukaslukas5]

can you please ask the staff what they use the giant telescope for ? i wonder if theyll tell you...

[itwillbeokman]

man i so want to go to antartica, serously my dreamplace..

[CRX35E]

what do you know about the infrared telescope down there? can you tell us?

[akaRubyHeart]

I think I've read that a geodesic-type dome is the strongest type of structure. Maybe that's why it has outlasted the predicted 20 years.

[torxbutt]

I live in south maine and that dome is awesome. Just used for storage compared to all the other red buildings in there before the new south pole station was constructed. The dome is lucky to have lasted now for 33 years cause if you watch Modern Marvels they say buildings have a lifespan of just 20 years at the south pole. 8 inches of snow permitantly accumulates every year. Not a good place to put stuff because it might be hard to guess how many years before the dome will finally, collapse.

[LasersandThings]

I would of thought that dome would have been some sort of bad ass tropical greenhouse. But mostly I see cardboard...

[JRock005]

They don't have snowmobiles you can ride?

[ksbeattie]

Certainly, but that's far too short a walk.

[grooveclubhouse]

shame there not keeping that dome around. seems pretty cool. and very freaky when you 1st walk in. like some kinda bad horror scifi movie!

They should keep it and throw international rave parties there!!! LOL.

great vid.

[CYCL0BUTANE]

You should read... Dark Winter by William Dietrich. It is a psychological thriller, set around this same dome. Lol good book, you saying that is was pretty freaky, read the book, you have no idea. It is also on google books.

[WakingMajority]

Wheres the German UFO base? Or the entrance to Hollow Earth?

[ksbeattie]

Not sure about the UFO base, but the entrance to Hollow Earth is between the beer can and the dome, on your right just before you get to the power plant. I've got a photo of it in my flickr set from my Dec 2005 visit. Follow the links from the URL listed in my YouTube profile here.

[hood172]

no way...the south pole.....whats is it like.....to live there.....in antarcitica