The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by Michelangelo11 » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 7:51 AM UTC

The Beer Can (2023)
brr.fyi

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by dswalter » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 2:33 PM UTC

The title is correct, but it obscures the fact that it's discussing life in Antarctica!

Living in antarctica is one of our closest analogues to long-term space habitation.

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by Maxion » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 8:32 AM UTC

That was such a great blog

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by Freak_NL » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 8:40 AM UTC

Wait, why are things getting buried to the extent that the ground level seems to rise? Does the snow level just gradually increase there? Does the station sink?

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by Pyrodogg » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 9:05 AM UTC

Freak_NL wrote: post #4

Wait, why are things getting buried to the extent that the ground level seems to rise? Does the snow level just gradually increase there? Does the station sink?

Wind driven snow and drifting will continue to bury things. Check out the South Pole Topography post (and the rest of the blog) https://brr.fyi/posts/south-pole-topography

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by a_t48 » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 9:18 AM UTC

That's a sick job. I had been wondering if there's roles for IT in Antarctica, but I fear my wife may be angry if I dip off to an isolated continent for a year.

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by lqet » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 9:42 AM UTC

Great post. I have been intrigued by the life in Antarctica (especially the people living this life) ever since watching Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World. This place seems to attract a fascinating variety of characters, many of which seem to have sprung from a 19th-century adventure novel (or even from one of the expeditions of the Heroic Age).

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Post by tomaskafka » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 9:44 AM UTC

Freak_NL wrote: post #4

Wait, why are things getting buried to the extent that the ground level seems to rise? Does the snow level just gradually increase there? Does the station sink?

Yes it does, and the process of regular re-raising it is fascinating.

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by jgalt212 » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 11:34 AM UTC

Freak_NL wrote: post #4

Wait, why are things getting buried to the extent that the ground level seems to rise? Does the snow level just gradually increase there? Does the station sink?

Given that sea levels are rising, it seems that mean snow and ice levels should fall. So on average, foundations should get more exposed rather than buildings getting buried.

Re: The Beer Can (2023)

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Post by lemonlearnings » Fri, Oct 03, 2025, 11:53 AM UTC

a_t48 wrote: post #6

That's a sick job. I had been wondering if there's roles for IT in Antarctica, but I fear my wife may be angry if I dip off to an isolated continent for a year.

I saw one advertised in 2001. Regret not applying! Bonus is it was only 3 months in Antartica I think and then rest not.