<story><title>A Soviet scientist dreamed of melting the Arctic with a 55 mile dam (2013)</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/xyy97w/the-soviet-scientist-who-dreamed-of-melting-the-arctic-with-a-55-mile-dam-5886b6e3b70b0245b1239331</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pmoriarty</author><text>Meanwhile, American scientists as part of Project Plowshare[1] were proposing to use nukes to blast a harbor in Alaska, &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;in the shape of a polar bear, if desired&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;.[2]&lt;p&gt;They also wanted to use nukes to blast a canal through Central America, as an alternative to the Panama Canal.[2]&lt;p&gt;[1] - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Project_Plowshare#cite_note-11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Project_Plowshare#cite_note-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.historynet.com&amp;#x2F;an-explosive-plan-to-use-atoms-for-peace&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.historynet.com&amp;#x2F;an-explosive-plan-to-use-atoms-fo...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>A Soviet scientist dreamed of melting the Arctic with a 55 mile dam (2013)</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/xyy97w/the-soviet-scientist-who-dreamed-of-melting-the-arctic-with-a-55-mile-dam-5886b6e3b70b0245b1239331</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>woodruffw</author><text>See also: the 1920s proposal to dam the Mediterranean[1] and various plans to expand lower Manhattan[2], some of which were executed.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Atlantropa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Atlantropa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Lower_Manhattan_expansion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Lower_Manhattan_expansion&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>