is currently leading this effort. The defining design characteristics are efficiency, both for operational costs as well as construction costs, and a desire for the city to be a Zero energy building. The proposed agricultural module, for example, is a Sustainable agriculture vertical farm. References External links "Global Warming Solution: Polar Cities in Alaska, Canada and Russia?" December 31, 2009 Polar city blueprints "Life in Polar Cities "Life in polar cities, future fact or fiction?", China Post May 31, 2008 "Polar Cities a Haven in Warming World?", New York Times March 30, 2008 "Climate Hideout" Front page news article, Longmont Times-Call, Colorado July 21, 2008 "A Science Fiction Writer Looks at Polar Cities" February 2008 "U.S. Congress Could Relocate to Anchorage, Alaska in the Far Distant Future" Map Polar City Red" -- a 2012 cli fi novel by Jim Laughter about 2076 Florida man pens Polar City Dreaming Survivalism Thought experiments