"The intended application isn't for aircraft carriers this time, but rather for construction projects in remote, cold areas where conventional building methods aren't easy to apply – like the Arctic and Antarctic.

With no concrete or steel required, and with ice and plant-based cellulose as the main ingredients, this could be a building material with a low carbon footprint that's also biodegradable."

Climate change feels like a grim reaper slowly stalking the value proposition of this technology.

Maybe we’ll be building ice caves on other planets after all

Or maybe Mars?

Exactly what I wanted. A biodegradable building. I’m making mine out of compost!