In reply to Tom F Harding:
In winter conditions it is nice to have a more spacious tent, ie a 3 person tent for 2, as you have larger sleeping bags and more clothing. Also, in basecamps you tend to spend days in the tent, which calls for more space too. By design tunnel tents are easy to pitch even in severe winds, but their snow loading capacity is not at par with geodesics. Geodesics, on the other hand, are heavier than tunnels, because they have more poles.
Recently, I had the chance to pitch several tents on the Greenland ice sheet:
The North Face VE 25 is a great tent for basecamp, easy to pitch, spacious for two, stands in high winds and endures heavy snow loads.
Mountain Hardware Trango 3.1 is similar to VE 25, but a little less easy to pitch.
Terra Nova Super Quasar is spacious, but threading the poles through the mesh sleeves is a pain even in calm weather.
Fjallraven Akka Dome 3 is neither suited for high winds nor snow loads as the poles bend easily. Another drawback is its small vestibule.
Hilleberg Nallo 2 is easy to pitch in high winds but too small for two in winter conditions and the vestibule is too small too.
Crux X1 Assault is easy to pitch in high winds even though it is semi geodesic. But it is not suitable as a basecamp tent as it is much too small. It has one small drawback which surprised me: The small roof vent has fine mesh, and it cannot be closed to prevent spindrift entering the tent.