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What Do You Eat in Antarctica?

In Antarctica, it’s so cold that the average person needs to consume between 3,200 and 5,000 calories a day. And because the continent is frozen, no food grows there naturally. So how does the population of scientists and support personnel, hundreds of whom every year visit Antarctica’s largest research base, McMurdo Station, stay fed?

English
  • Originally Aired April 22, 2020
  • Runtime 13 minutes
  • Network PBS
  • Created November 3, 2020 by
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