Quote from: lepirate on April 15, 2014, 07:15:37 PM

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yeah, but low efficiency of the solar panels because of not so many sunny hours..

we would need a larger investment but it's worth it since we'll be saving a lot because we're not building our own island Cheesy

Quote from: kuroman on April 15, 2014, 06:15:10 PM

it's not only -70° but 6 months nights and also blizzard no supply can reach you for over half a year and no infrastructure there

Yes, but six months of night also means six months of day.
Sure, during that 6 months night the solar panels will not produce any electricity, but thanks to the power buoys and wind turbines we might have enough anyway. We could also produce biogas to use if we don't produce enough with our renewable systems, since it is hard to store the excessive energy for a time as long as six months. It's always good to have a backup system.

seems a bit too expensive

there isn't enough sunlight to produce a lot of electricity I think even the sun is there..

I'm pretty sure it is.

The biggest problem would be where to place it. It'd have to be placed in an "Antarctic oasis", an area that's not covered with snow or ice. However, all of those "oases" I can find is placed in territory claimed by other nations. The other option would be to build it inside a mountain in unclaimed territory, but that'd be to destroy the antarctic nature + rock is not very fertile.
So, that leaves us with only one option, to build in claimed territory. However, since most countries in the world does not recognize any claims on antarctica that should not be a problem. The country that claims the area we'll build on will not be able to do anything either, since military operations are strictly forbidden.
Here's a list of possible places for this settlement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_oasis#Geography

it would really be interesting to see what would happen and how would other nations react to this Cheesy