A Look At 'Umka', The Domed Russian City Planned For Sub-Zero Arctic Temperatures

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A Look At 'Umka', The Domed Russian City Planned For Sub-Zero Arctic Temperatures
http://www.businessinsider.com/umka-russia-arctic-2011-10

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Russia is planning (http://www.businessinsider.com/umka-russia-arctic-2011-10#) to further it's reach in the Arctic circle, according to a statement from Vladimir Putin's website (http://premier.gov.ru/eng/premier/press/ru/5734/). The country has already made a bold appeal to the UN to annex some 380,000 square miles of Arctic seabed (http://www.businessinsider.com/russias-about-to-annex-380000-square-miles-of-the-arctic-2011-8) due to the existence of oil and gas in the area. One plan for the region will involve special Arctic cities. The first city is proposed for a frozen Siberian island will be known as "Umka", housing 5,000 residents underneath a huge dome. The city will be spared from the harsh weather — -30 degrees Celsius in the winter with strong winds — by the dome, living instead in a sealed environment.
"Researchers could live there permanently rather than for short expeditions only," the developers said. "It is modeled after an imaginary Moon city or a completely isolated space station."
According to The Sunday Express (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/279061/Could-this-be-start-of-real-Cold-War-), the city is expected to cost around $6.4 billion, and will provide workers with a luxury (http://www.businessinsider.com/umka-russia-arctic-2011-10#) environment.
“We aim to have laboratories, houses, but also parks, an Aqua complex, hotels and a cathedral. Naturally there will be schools, kindergartens, recreation zones, a hospital and sport (http://www.businessinsider.com/umka-russia-arctic-2011-10#) facilities," one architect told the British paper.
So, Russians, where would you rather live — a domed city in the Arctic circle or in a hole on the moon (http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-moon-base-sergei-krikalyov-2011-10)?


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"It is modeled after an imaginary Moon city or a completely isolated space station."
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