We probably should ought to dam up the river where it reaches the end(s) of the current patch of ground, before we go trying to thaw anything, and fire will be difficult without already-gaseous air, which we'll probably need to hold in as well.
I'll agree to plan robkelk meditation while we're rebuilding Will, but rather than trying for fire right off, let's surround the whole thing with a gas bag, like a giant airship. It'll need to be rigid as well as airtight to stand up to gravity before the air-ice melts, and to contain it once it does, which could be tricky. Maybe we can just mark a boundary where we want the air to stop, without a physical structure to be subject to the forces of gravity or pressure? Try making a small balloon field about our own size and fill it with air at Standard Ambient Temperature and Pressure (77° F, 1 bar) as a test.
Edit: Jorlem - it's not that there's no time, the water flowed for a bit before freezing, we just haven't added any heat to things
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
I'll agree to plan robkelk meditation while we're rebuilding Will, but rather than trying for fire right off, let's surround the whole thing with a gas bag, like a giant airship. It'll need to be rigid as well as airtight to stand up to gravity before the air-ice melts, and to contain it once it does, which could be tricky. Maybe we can just mark a boundary where we want the air to stop, without a physical structure to be subject to the forces of gravity or pressure? Try making a small balloon field about our own size and fill it with air at Standard Ambient Temperature and Pressure (77° F, 1 bar) as a test.
Edit: Jorlem - it's not that there's no time, the water flowed for a bit before freezing, we just haven't added any heat to things
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows