Or make it like the houses are made down South where flooding from hurricanes is possible. Up on stilts, so the bottom of the stilt penetrates the muck and goes down to the hard layer under the muck. Build it on top of the ice next winter, weight it down with rocks, etc. and when the ice gets thin enough it should punch through, sinking right to the bottom?


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