Interpolar Transnational Art Science Constellation (ITASC) is an official project of the International Polar Year (http://www.ipy.org) and is supported by the South African National Antarctic Program (http://www.sanap.ac.za) and the South African National Energy Research Institute (http://www.saneri.org.za). ITASC is a decentralized network of individuals and organisations working collaboratively in the fields of art, engineering and science on the interdisciplinary development and deployment of renewable energy, waste recycling systems and sustainable architecture to enable the production and distribution of open-format, open-source remote field research in Antarctica and the Arctic. ITASC is a lichen-like structure sharing and integrating local knowledge, resources and skills across seven continents in order to symbiotically engage with the air, ocean, earth and space commons.