Take a moment to consider the following questions before you click:

If you were tasked with designing a building in one of the coldest places in the world what are the factors you should consider? Ice buildup, insulation, frozen pipes… there are a lot! Even if you limit yourself to just the doors. Which direction should they open? How about the door handles? You better make sure nothing freezes shut!

The anonymous writer behind the brr.fyi blog shares their observations from Antartica:

One of the most underrated and fascinating parts of McMurdo is its patchwork evolution over the decades. This is not a master-planned community. Rather, it is a series of organic responses to evolving operational needs.

Nothing more clearly illustrates this than the doors to the buildings. I thought I’d share a collection of my favorite doors, to give a sense of what it’s like on a day-to-day basis doing the most basic task around town: entering and exiting buildings.