Seal brains, penguin eggs, and other fresh foods aren’t on the menu anymore at Antarctica’s research base.
While researchers there once supplemented their diets with fresh wildlife, today they rely on twice-a-year shipments of canned, frozen, and dried foods. From Reuters:
The 1959 Antarctic Treaty sets aside the continent as a nature reserve devoted to peace and science and bases have over the years stopped eating fresh wildlife. Seals were shot at Rothera for dog food until 1994 when dogs were banned from Antarctica to protect the environment.
The base, which can house up to 100 people at once, makes sure that meat and other proteins are still available, even if seal brains and other arctic delicacies are not.
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