The South Pole Station and the Fram: Fram Drawings

"I may say that this is the greatest factor -- the way in which the expedition is equipped -- the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who everything in order -- luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck."

--from The South Pole by Roald Amundsen

Just as Amundsen carefully equipped his expedition before embarking on his journey, as we embark on our journey of analyzing these two structures our goal is to develop a toolkit containing the essential ingredients for survival in an isolated community. Our aim is to extract the information we acquire, so the methods of survival can be applied to other structures in similar conditions.