Polar/Arctic Rankings

3 eligible Bases, ranked by authored Overall.

1. Rank 17.7/10 — Overall

   

   Antarctica · Polar/Arctic

   Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

   Institutional Compound

   Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is strongest on Isolation 10/10 — At the geographic South Pole on the high Antarctic plateau, the station has exceptional real-world separation from ordinary population sources, with access dependent on specialist long-distance aviation or overland logistics. This fits the highest credible geographic-separation class.. Its clearest scored constraint is Maintenance Resilience 2/10 — Survival depends on highly engineered heat, power, water and sewage systems in a lethal climate. Rodwell pumping/treatment, generator/fuel systems and specialist repair cycles create several critical dependencies with limited low-tech fallback..

   Overall

   7.7/10

   Defensibility

   4/10

   Isolation

   10/10

   Sustainability

   9/10

2. Rank 26.7/10 — Overall

   

   Antarctica · Polar/Arctic

   McMurdo Station

   Fortified Structure

   McMurdo Station is strongest on Isolation 9/10 — McMurdo is an exceptionally remote Antarctic station separated from major population sources by continental-scale distance and difficult air/sea logistics. Its large seasonal population and established transport links keep it below the rarest 10-class separation.. Its clearest scored constraint is Defensibility 3/10 — McMurdo has many secureable substantial buildings and some local terrain advantage, but the documented Base is a dispersed roughly 49-acre road-and-building campus with no continuous hardened perimeter. Twenty survivors could fortify selected buildings but could not treat the entire operating station as a strong defended compound. Antarctic remoteness is deliberately excluded from this score..

   Overall

   6.7/10

   Defensibility

   3/10

   Isolation

   9/10

   Sustainability

   8/10

3. Rank 36.3/10 — Overall

   

   Norway · Polar/Arctic

   Olavsvern Naval Base

   Subterranean

   Olavsvern Naval Base is strongest on Population Capacity 9/10 — Extensive bedrooms/apartments, kitchens and dining for up to 250 plus 25,000 square metres of cavern halls, warehouses and offices give exceptional functional headroom beyond twenty people.. Its clearest scored constraint is Maintenance Resilience 3/10 — Large ventilated underground halls, maritime infrastructure, water/sewer systems, fuel handling and heated accommodation provide substantial capability but create power, pumping, HVAC, fuel and specialist-maintenance dependencies. Passive rock protection and ordinary rooms remain after technical degradation, so failure is severe but not immediate total collapse..

   Overall

   6.3/10

   Defensibility

   7/10

   Isolation

   4/10

   Sustainability

   8/10