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Mr Whippy Polar Solution

A low specific heat, reflective materiel.
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Rather than waste money on pykrete installations or other substances that require massive energy to solidify them, why not go for the better specific heat and reflective properties of a white emulsion ?

Re-covering or rebuilding the poles with icecream seems like an eminently sensible solution.

A definite side benefit is that come overwhelming global warming or cooling we would have already stockpiled edible energy.

bigsleep, Oct 23 2009

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       The North Pole could be marked with a giant 99 flake
pocmloc, Oct 23 2009
  

       What about the raspberry sauce ?
8th of 7, Oct 23 2009
  

       The polar bears would get fat and lazy.   

       [8th], just club some baby seals and pretend.
UnaBubba, Oct 23 2009
  

       Actually, it would be very confusing if both poles had to be renamed Sundae.
UnaBubba, Oct 23 2009
  

       The additives issue is a complex one. Polar ripples or sprinkles could adversly affect solar absorption and precipitate dessertification of the worlds oceans. That said, to support icecream diversity the extra refrigeration resources should be found to preserve enclaves like Little Napoli or Chunky Monkey Island.
bigsleep, Oct 26 2009
  

       //dessertification//   

       Very nice.
UnaBubba, Oct 26 2009
  

       Baked: Alaska
pocmloc, Oct 26 2009
  
      
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