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Anonymous 09/22/15 (Tue) 15:25:06 No.1[Reply]

Welcome to /Antarctica/.

This board is for discussion of Antarctic colonisation.

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Anonymous 01/22/16 (Fri) 00:56:11 No.13

i'm in

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Anonymous 09/22/15 (Tue) 15:28:58 No.2 [Reply]

Locations: South Shetland

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

http://wikitravel.org/en/South_Shetland_Islands

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Travel/south_shetland_islands.php

New thread for proposed locations. first to discuss is the south Shetland islands near the Antarctic Peninsula

New 09/25/15 (Fri) 12:13:08 No.3

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>>2

Deception Island looks like a really interesting place. The caldera looks like a safe harbour, it has geothermal activity. Hopefully it doesn't decide to erupt, though it's not too active.

Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 12:26:19 No.5

>>3

Yeah it's the most ice free of the island chain so would be easiest to build on. Abundant geothermal energy too. Very small though but a nice location

Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 12:29:20 No.7

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King George Island is the largest and has some nice natural harbours for developing. More ice cover than the smaller islands though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)

Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 15:20:40 No.10

>>3

http://www.deceptionisland.aq/

Anonymous 10/23/15 (Fri) 16:33:52 No.12

>>3

>>10

Potential for growth is low, and the active volcano deal isn't really the best thing in the world.

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Geothermal Energy Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 12:33:32 No.8 [Reply]

There are several active volcanic regions across Antarctica. These present an opportunity to generate heat and electricity for settlers, similar to how this is used in Iceland. This would be very good for the natural environment and produce much less pollution than other ways of generating electricity.

Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 12:34:15 No.9

Some links about geothermal in Antarctica:

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/GeothermalEnergyColdClimates.php

http://www.livescience.com/46194-volcanoes-melt-antarctic-glaciers.html

Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 16:37:30 No.11

>>8

If we can get a decent power supply from it then i don't think we'd have any other issues with enough electricity we can easily set up farms with artificial light so food won't be that much of a problem the hardest part would be getting the people and the funding and the first few years would be quite harsh

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