Astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux, along with 12 other people, is currently serving at the Concordia Station - the most remote scientific station in the world, located in Antarctica. His work includes sample collection and climate research, and he shares his impressions on a blog.
The lack of oxygen and barren landscape make scientists feel like they are living on another planet. Temperatures drop below –80 °C, and Cyprien is until this August waited for the sun's rays for as long as 3 months.
Despite the remote location and difficult living conditions, it is Concordia a popular destination among scientists from various fields such as astronomy, psychology, glaciology and geophysics.
The work of the research team is very important, as it provides answers to questions how the climate developed in the past and what can we expect in the future. How could it not, when the concentration of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide and methane, reaches record values every year.
Cyprien supplies his followers with interesting content that clearly shows how life works in Antarctica. So he recently decided to try himself out cooking at an air temperature of -70 °C. Judging by the photos in the gallery below, the southernmost continent in the world is certainly not a suitable location for a picnic.
Gallery - Cooking in Antarctica at -70 °C
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