South Pole Construction Nightmare

A complex project at the South Pole is stymied by extreme weather conditions.

The South Pole Project :
THURS SEPTEMBER 6 9P et/pt :
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/video/?source=4003

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• south
• pole
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• construction
• weather
• national geographic

[rollininoldstyle]

i would bet those welders are making a good wage down there.

[Rickyrab]

Why are those people out in the open? Antarctica is an ideal location to try outer space colonization schemes (it's big, alien, empty, and with extreme temperature conditions, all of which Mars also is). So why not tinker with spacesuits and means of outer space construction? Probably cheaper to try it out in Antarctica first than it would be on the Moon or Mars.

[jacklazzell]

one would think that with all their technology that they could devise some sort of backpack/heater to keep them warm. after all, they have made an a/c unit to keep nascar drivers cool in long races.

[spinceara]

very interesting

[breckandy]

I love watching videos like this, from the comfort and warmth of my home in the U.S.

[georgemichealelvis]

burrrrr.....

[salakast]

@Rickyrab they test out Mars spacesuits all the time in Antarctica

[apresesco]

@KiloByte69 Actually the government pays for that military shit that you sell, and is more to enrich private defense companies than whatever else. I think the U.S. is asking for a "humanitarian aid" 100% in the same way that you give to us, Libya, Iraq and so on. It's about love and cooperation. I want to help you too... >:))

[KiloByte69]

@apresesco

Something like $750 million a year, look it up idiot. And please, you people are having a hard enough time fighting a bunch of guerrillas running around in your own jungles with AK-47s. Your government was begging us for support.

[apresesco]

@KiloByte69 What "aid" you brain washed? With regard to the will of the people, all the U.S. military bases parasitizing the soil of my country... would be annihilated in one second.

[KiloByte69]

@apresesco

Neither of those birds nest or spend much time anywhere near the south pole since there's no food source or survivable habitat for them there. They're hundreds of miles away by the coast. And I think your country has a ton of it's own problems to work out before it starts thinking about expeditions to Antarctica. But hey, if you guys were getting oil maybe you wouldn't need to depend on us for aid dollars then eh?

[apresesco]

@KiloByte69 Actually I'm worried if they are stealing oil and minerals in Antarctica while my country is not doing the SAME for profit :) Btw there are endangered species in Antarctica. Southern giant petrel, chatham albatross etc..