Suppose a planet is covered with floating ice on top of water ocean and has no dry land.

Would it be possible to establish permanent settlements, cities?

Particularly I am interested in technologies combating 

* ice drift
* melting of ice under the constructions and utilities
* sinking of buildings due to snowfalls (as happened with the US South Pole dome)
* strength of the ice sheet so to withstand big buildings

The following is true: 

* There is considerable ice drift, like that in Arctic.
* There can be temporary clear water surfacing, but this is only for a time, and then ice moves to the place, there are no permanently ice-free areas.

I wonder, whether anchors could help against drift?