Under geodesic skies; a cultural perspective on the former South Pole Dome and geodesic domes in outer space

• Published in: The Polar Journal
• Main Authors: Nieboer, M, McCormack, CW
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Routledge 2017
• Subjects: architecture; Antarctica; outer space; geodesic domes; Buckminster Fuller; biopolitics; South Pole; Fuller; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/41043/

Antarctica is considered as an analogue for extra-terrestrial environments. Architecture located within these milieus exists in the realm of biopolitics, a term that denotes a certain power or control over life, necessary in such inhospitable conditions. The geodesic dome has featured at the South P...