Generally, the ice in Antarctica is several feed thick. Otherwise, on freshly formed ice, people step carefully so as not to crack the ice.
There are people who choose to use ice as their sculpting medium in Antarctica.
The tools used include laser and ice-penetrating radar and the discipline of radar interferometry.
A person in Antarctica who wanted fresh water would apply heat to melt ice.
Your answer depends on who the person is and the intended use for the ice, and the type of ice you want to break. Ice can be shattered by an ice pick, or cored with an ice-coring auger. As to the euphemism asking how people begin or open conversations with each other while in Antarctica, people who find themselves in this geography can be fairly confident that anyone with whom they strike up a conversation will be amenable to a chat or discussion.
Scientists are measuring the ice cap and looking at the what the atmosphere was like a long time ago.
Cube is not the description most scientists use: the term is ice sheet. Antarctica's land mass is 98% covered -- by an ice sheet.
you'll going to use a muddler to crack and crushed ice
you'll going to use a muddler to crack and crushed ice
Axes -- ice axes in particular -- are used in ice work, either as a utility tool or as a survival tool.
Trombones.
Antarctica has thick ice cover and the highest average elevation of all the continents because of its location on the south pole.
Snowcat and snowmobile, mostly. Flying into Antarctica is common, though ships do sometimes go down towards the ice pack.