In the HBO series "Game of Thrones," a great wall of ice helps repel giants and the undead. Could such a structure be possible? A new study suggests that, no, it's not realistic, because without ...

How openings in Antarctic sea ice affect worldwide climate. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 09 / 170911122659.htm ...

Truffer calculated that the weight of an ice wall about 655 feet (200 m) high would generate nearly 1.8 megapascals (261 pounds per square inch) of stress at its base.

There is no ice wall, and Antarctica gets a regular flow of visitors. About 74,000 people visited the continent during the 2019-2020 season, according to the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty .

Mystery behind huge opening in Antarctic sea ice solved. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240501152950.htm ...

Jim Hampshire, dressed as a character from "Game of Thrones," attends the opening day of Comic Con International in San Diego, California, July 20, 2017.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Here's the crazy thing about the plan to build an almost mile long, 90-foot deep, subterranean ice wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant: It's not really very crazy at all.

This ice wall is not imaginary, but it actually exists and has been documented in the records of official exploration countries since 1880. The weather conditions after this ice are very harsh, ...

Tepco says the wall is working, but a Reuters report in March of 2018 found the wall only somewhat effective. "We know this is not the end of our effort," says a company spokesman.