Farewell To the South Pole Dome

Julie188 writes "After more than three decades of service to researchers and staff stationed at the bottom of the world, the dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was deconstructed this austral summer. Designed and constructed by the Seabees — the construction battalions of the US Navy — in the early 1970s, the dome's geodesic design provided a unique solution to the challenges posed to engineers trying to build structures at the South Pole. The dome is being returned to southern California where it will be held in storage. It could possibly be trotted out as an exhibit in a new US Navy Seabees museum."

Comments

Re:Bad idea.

[toadlife]

He was a loudmouth Mexican

And one of his funniest bits was about people like you who assume all brownish people must be Mexican.

Re:Dang Air Force cutbacks.

[drinkypoo]

The DHS and Coast Guard both said they didn't need LORAN-C

They still haven't identified the backup for GPS, though. The best reason to do away with it that I can think of, though, is that it was designed for civilian use and yet practically no civilians use it. Consequently almost nobody has a receiver.