"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.

Toolkit

Toolkit

1/19/2010

Power Systems of The South Pole Station


The South Pole Station

The current power station is partly buried, conected to the elevated station by a underground passage. Cables bringing power to the research laboratories are hidden below the snow.

The plant can produce up to one Megawatt of power using the four 3512b Caterpillar diesel engines, before this iteration of the power plant the station used three 3412 Caterpillar engines.


The station uses JP-8 jet fuel normally only reserved for military purposes due to its stability at different temperatures. The most desirable quality of it, for the south pole station, is that it will not become gelatinous at low temperatures.

9 fuel tanks in the station hold 950000 liters of fuel. The fuel is delivered like all things brought to the station by plane.
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