On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, tony moss wrote:
>Frank King Wrote,
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>>Can some U.S. reader who knows all about cold
>>winters kindly let this temperate Brit know what is
>>likely to be found underneath this dial? Is there
>>really 1200mm of hard-core and elaborate drainage?
>
>The pedestal of the Longyearbyen dial at 87° north is supported what seems to
>be the usual way for such frost-beset areas viz. on wooden piles driven 5
>metres into the ground.
^^
78??
>
>Tony Moss.
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