If you have permafrost, there are many, many other issues to deal with. (I live in/near permafrost). I think what you are referring to is that in most areas, you are required to extend the foundations below frost depth.
Oh, and November 19th in Barrow would be ~1,560 hours long, and you would you just skip those 65 days? Or you could have November 20th in Barrow while it is different dates in other parts of the world?
Live in Fairbanks, Alaska. There is no way this system would be feasible at northern latitudes. The days get longer/shorter at a rate of ~7 min. a day. Instead of an hour time change twice a year, it would be equivalent to an hour time change once a week. (and in december, it would get dark at 11:30am)
Many polls indicate Alaska as one of the "happiest" states in the US. I would argue that it is what you make of the light and/or activity level that makes a bigger difference. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska, and we have very minimal sun for half the year (3.5 hours at the solstice). Then you don't see darkness from ~April to ~August. Those who bundle up and get out regularly (ski/ice skate/play hockey/fat bike/walk/dog sled/watch northern lights) enjoy even the -40 degree dark winters.
I am interested in the opposite use case where Google Spreadsheets/Google Apps Script calls an existing python script... possibly using Google Compute Engine? Anyone have any experience and/or suggestions? https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/appengine... is the closest thing I have found searching myself but it states that it is no longer maintained.
I have also used Google Spreadsheets to act as a frontend of a database that people can dynamically update. I use the onEdit() function in google apps script and have found that it is not always reliable if edits are made in quick succession. I would definitely be interested on how you created your bidirectional synced system.