Photos capture demolition of South Pole research station entombed in 30 feet of ice.
In what is surely the most unique demolition project of its kind, engineers have imploded a former research station at the South Pole that has become entombed in more than 10 metres (30 feet) of snow and ice.
The Seabee construction battalion departed in January 1957, as drifting snow and ice quickly buried the buildings. Today, the entire facility is buried beneath the ice, having moved away from the geographic pole with the slow drift of the ice sheet.
But the surface above is unstable. In the last couple of years, several heavy machines have fallen through the snow. One Caterpillar Challenger broke through several stories into one of the IGY station buildings last season. The driver was unhurt.
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