The coolest building on earth - Deep in the heart of Antarctica, rugged workers endure frigid temperatures and exhausting altitude to construct a new research station. The finished product will support some of the most vital science of our time

摘要

From here, every direction is north. The sun is blinding, the temperature plunges to 100 degrees below zero and - despite a flat expanse of snow as far as the eye can see - the elevation is a lung-searing 9300 ft. The South Pole is one of the most lifeless places on Earth. And yet each austral summer, 120 men and women arrive here to continue building a state-of-the-art scientific research station. It's not easy. Extension cords snap, tires fly off their rims, duct tape fails; steel tools shatter, flinging shrapnel through the air. The world's coldest construction site is a hell of a place to drive a nail.