An infrared (IR) assessment was conducted of the main administration building located at Summit Station, Greenland. The building, known as the Big House, was constructed in 1989 on a permanent snowfield at the apex of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Summit Station typically receives 65 cm of annual snowfall. Accumulating snow combined with blowing and drifting can completely bury a structure in several years. For this reason, the Big House is ...