Welcome to Ice City: Russia plans to build frozen community 1,000 miles from North Pole... as race f

[bananas]

Source: Daily Mail

Russia is to build an ultra-modern city on a frozen island deep inside the Arctic Circle - in the Kremlin's latest move to back its claim to vast oil and gas reserves under the polar ice cap.

Named Umka, after a popular Soviet polar bear cub cartoon hero, the initial 5,000 residents will live under a vast dome to protect themselves from temperatures sinking below minus 30C in winter.

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Sources say it is likely to house soldiers, border guards and secret service officers, as well as scientists and explorers, as Moscow gets serious about claiming Arctic mineral riches.

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'We aim to have scientific laboratories, houses, but also parks with attractions, an Aqua complex, hotels and a cathedral. Naturally there will be schools, kindergartens, recreation zones, a hospital, and sport facilities are planned, too,' said Rzhevskiy.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052862/Russia-plans-build-frozen-community-1-000-miles-North-Pole.html

[valerief]

1. So does that mean big North Pole earthquakes? Here come the glaciers--really fast! nt

[LiberalEsto]

2. Many are cold...

but few are frozen

[jwirr]

3. This is not good news. It is the shot over the bow in the war over the

North Pole.

[plumbob]

4. Plans? What do plans cost? Piece of paper, pencil.

There may be the equivalent of an offshore drilling platform, but no city.

Must be a really slow news day to treat this with any seriousness.

[Gregorian]

5. Build build buld. Grow grow grow. Warm warm warm. Die die die.

[MrNJ]

6. there's a "cold war" joke here somewhere. [eom]

[obamafor2012]

7. Hang on , their going to build a big dome, like Atlantis?

If the Russians pull off putting a domed city of 5000 at the North Pole, then were more backwards than I thought.

[Bosonic]

8. Interesting

A large scale, cold weather biodome. £4 billion seems very cheap for such an ambitious project though.

[bongbong]

9. The Endgame Begins

Just about time to take the baseball home. Put a fork in Earth, she's done.