What do scientists in Antarctica eat?

Moment of Um

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Antarctica. Home of the South Pole and an incredibly diverse population of sea life. You know what there’s not a lot of in Antarctica? People! But there are some adventurous scientists who go there for research. These folks can’t just zip out to the grocery store when they want to make a meal…so what do they eat? We asked scientist Cameron Hearn to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.
0:04.0	Moment of um.
0:06.0	Um, um, um.
0:09.0	Moment of um comes to you from APM studios.
0:12.0	Um. comes to you from APM studios.
0:17.0	Greetings from Antarctica. I'm Perry and I'm a penguin.
0:20.0	I have been carefully observing a flock of scientists living here at the research station and their behavior is fascinating.
0:27.0	They never swim and they always appear to travel in groups.
0:32.0	I have attempted to lure them closer for observation with some very nice fresh macro.
0:38.0	But they did not take the bait. I must find out what they prefer to eat.
0:44.0	Hi, my name is David.
0:46.0	And I'm in it.
0:47.0	We're from awesome New York and we are wondering
0:49.0	What foods do the scientists in Antarctica eat?
0:52.0	The short answer is that the food that the scientists in Antarctica eat? The short answer is that the
0:53.7	food that the scientists eat down Antarctica is very similar to what you eat here
0:57.6	but it's mostly preserved food so what you would find in your pantry. Hi, my name is Cameron Hearn and I'm a scientist who went down to Antarctica.
1:09.3	In Antarctica I was looking at how climate change was affecting the growth of bacteria in the ice-covered lakes.
1:15.0	On a typical day in Antarctica, for breakfast I would have oatmeal and a Snickers bar.
1:20.0	And then for lunch, I would have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a Snickers Bar.
1:25.0	And then for a snack I'd have another Snickers Bar.
1:28.0	And then for dinner I would have pasta, followed up with a Snickers Bar.
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