南极洲是建筑业的最后边疆。一位建筑师正在重新定义极地的生活——雪暴、社交隔离与象海豹的领地，科幻风格的建筑师休·布伦顿正绘制这片冰雪大陆的未来图景。

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Antarctica is home to over 70 permanent research stations — and 61-year-old Hugh Broughton has worked on more of them than