The CRREL South Pole Tunneling System

• Main Author: Walsh, Michael R.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; *TUNNELING; MACHINING; SNOW; POLAR CAP; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; *UNLINED TUNNELS; SOUTH POLE STATION; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic; South Pole; Antarc*; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Ice cap; Polar Ice Cap; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA362137; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA362137

Facilities operations in a polar ice cap environment present many challenges. Coping with the temperatures, associated wind chills, darkness during the long winter months, and blowing and drifting snow all hamper installation, maintenance, and repair. For over 40 years, the concept of using tunnels...