Hi Terra, Caitlin and Arlo here. We have some sad news to share: Bija Sass, who is featured in this video, passed away. Bija was a wonderful person who, even in the short time we met her, left a very positive impression on us. In honor of her memory, we wanted to share this short article celebrating her life: to.pbs.org/3Y9tInd

@TTGDeathsbugsy

Жыл бұрын

RIP ❤

@1234j

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the sad update. Rest in peace.

@Dobermann.Kennel

Жыл бұрын

Lots of grape in Antarctica, it’s lawless

@whoiswho8415

Жыл бұрын

RIP🤲❤️

@salex354

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness I just came back to this video :( Rest in peace

The fact that you have to heat refrigerators in Antarctica is amusing me

@deadbydanuwu5692

3 жыл бұрын

When you use the fridge to keep the food warm.

@JoeBob79569

3 жыл бұрын

My kitchen, in my old farmhouse in Ireland, is so cold that my fridge freezer doesn't work in the winter. My options are heat the kitchen, turn the fridge dial to the max and have it running all the time, or blast a heater into the fridge compartment a few times a day to force it to turn on.

@who_cares848

3 жыл бұрын

@Genesis 2.0 the light bulbs turn off when you shut the door lol

@specificsjsvn3350

3 жыл бұрын

What's amusing to me is eating someone's food they give you. I've seen people poisoned from laxatives to straight up poison by supposed "friends"

@WrecklessNick

3 жыл бұрын

In that case would it still be a fridge?

I'm surprised at how many people and how much infrastructure is down there, I thought it was just that lab on stilts!

@york2600

3 жыл бұрын

That's south pole

@KumaBean

3 жыл бұрын

Timothy Smith Call the thick, but, well, yeah I'm thick. South Pole being the middley bit and that town near the coast? I'm a mong, thank you! 😂👌

@york2600

3 жыл бұрын

McMurdo is the furthest south they can bring ships in. It’s surrounded by sea ice but they contract Russian ice breaks to make a channel. Because they can bring cargo in it’s where they handle all then logistics for the dozens of field camps and the South Pole station. It’s basically one big warehouse

@KumaBean

3 жыл бұрын

Timothy Smith That's awesome, cheers for the insight!

@apoorvamahajan7576

3 жыл бұрын

Sameee

I spent 378 days at the South Pole in 2019 thru 2020 and can confirm expiration dates are completely ignored. Granted, all the food down there is stored at -50F so it never really goes bad. I ate Nilla Wafers that expired in 2011, and they tasted exactly like a fresh box, amongst many other things. Unfortunately the ice cream had a diesel funk because the fuel arch was right next to the end of the food storage arch and the ice cream was closest. I think the only thing we had during our Winterover that wasn't expired was alcohol. That's brought in fresh each year. Priorities...

@dieptrieu6564

8 ай бұрын

alcohol is the best way to keep warm, anyway. Also i don't think alcohol really have an expiration day

@davidhowell2456

6 ай бұрын

Considering I don’t drink at all, I agree with the disdain for that priority. But to be fair, when I used to bounce, watching drunk people was and still can be very entertaining.

@tsoii

6 ай бұрын

@@dieptrieu6564alcohol is absolutely not the best way to keep warm. Alcohol only makes you FEEL warmer while actually making you colder.

@Coolcarting

6 ай бұрын

Why in the world would there be Nilla Wafers there that had expired nine years earlier?

@norliasmith

6 ай бұрын

​@@CoolcartingCan't exactly just toss them away.

I didn’t realize there was a small town there. I thought it was just a handful of scientists living on soup and astronaut food. Thanks so much for the education this video provided.

@Finallybianca

3 жыл бұрын

I applied as Photographer in residence for the 2020 winter over but the cut out all non necessary positions because of coronavirus, I can’t reapply my submission for another year. Winter over crew is about a sixth of the summer crew.

@adfmo2195

3 жыл бұрын

@@Finallybianca Oh I see... thanks for the insight. I hope you’re able to get over there at some point!

@drytowel1585

3 жыл бұрын

It’s like a mini city

@jaidenarias5912

3 жыл бұрын

Follow the Ten Commandments and read Ephesians 4:29 plz. Also for anybody who does this: stop worshipping politicians and start to worship God

@Finallybianca

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaidenarias5912 hahahaha

As someone who spent 13.5 months in Antarctica.... "freshies" as we called them, were always very desireable. We did have a small greenhouse that produced enough greens for salad once a week. Never looked forward to salad so much in all my life.

@robbiemize

2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus 🤦‍♂️

@robbiemize

2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus this response is far too ignorant for me to waste any more time with this... 🤦‍♂️ thanks, lol. 😆

@robbiemize

2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus you are fucking clueless 🙄

@billygowhoop

2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus I feel like the word "liberal" goes through your mind way too often, like to an unhealthy degree.

@billygowhoop

2 жыл бұрын

@yabghus orange sherbet?

I had a friend who was a McMurdo cook for many years, and he even got to cook for a few weeks at the South Pole station. He was going to help me get a job there, too, but I still had my wisdom teeth (you have to have those removed before living in Antarctica) and I moved to Thailand, instead. I love living in Thailand, but I really regret not taking that opportunity to live at McMurdo for a season or two.

@robertfarmer9901

2 жыл бұрын

@mVP because if you have a serious dental problem and need oral surgery, you might not have a qualified dentist at the station and due to flight schedules, they might not be able to get you to a dentist in Christchurch when you really need to.

@mayankrana9349

Жыл бұрын

@@robertfarmer9901 what are the other requirements / qualification needed for that ??

@KimoKimochii

Жыл бұрын

@@mayankrana9349 if u need to ask u already failed

@mayankrana9349

Жыл бұрын

@@KimoKimochii 🥲

@KimoKimochii

Жыл бұрын

@@mayankrana9349 it’s not a place to go for fun, everyone there is there for a scientific purpose or support role

It makes sense that Pizza would be so readily available and always fresh. Flour is VERY compressible, as is mozzarella cheese (ship it in whole logs and freeze it, keeps basically forever with little noticeable quality loss, same goes with pepperoni.

“We caught a bird feasting on a placenta of a newborn seal.” *... that’s so metal.*

@JudgeNicodemus

3 жыл бұрын

Band name: "CARRION BIRTH"

@yc_030

3 жыл бұрын

They couldve left that part out tbh

@unconcernedcitizen4092

3 жыл бұрын

@@yc_030 Don’t knock it before you try it.

@catherine6212

3 жыл бұрын

Most metal thing is them eating expired foods

@caffienatedtactician

3 жыл бұрын

That's brutal

Just real quick: The "recycled food" is a little better than it sounds. "Repurposed food" is more accurate. It's like this: Say there is 40 pounds of pork chops that never went out to the service line. It is properly chilled by food service standards, and then the next day utilized to make pork green chili. The "leftover" food is just an excess from a previous meal that is utilized in an appropriate way! Anything potentially dangerous would be wasted without a hesitation. In a place like this, we don't want to waste perfectly safe food since it is such a difficult process to get it down here in the first place! The more you know! Good episode guys. It was nice to host you.

@pbsterra

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying, Justin!

@alejandroojeda1572

4 жыл бұрын

Thank You. What you do down there IS amazing

@emmamorley1836

3 жыл бұрын

Justin Hudson oh so it’s still quite safe to eat it then? No upset stomach?

@sqrrlades

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmamorley1836The food is handled entirely by professionally trained chefs, and anything that could be considered remotely harmful is discarded without a second thought.

@JohnDoe-xr5is

3 жыл бұрын

Restaurants have been recycling/repurposing food for ages. Often what the daily specials are...has something to do with last night's leftovers. Especially the soup of the day. Anthony Bourdain talks about it in his book "kitchen confidential' too. On a fast food note...where do you think the meat for Wendy's chili comes from? Yesterday's unsold burgers.

The reality of how important food is in a harsh environment like this is exactly the same on the opposite side of the coin! I worked in the little sandy desert in the Pilbara region of western Australia and had summer temps of 50c+ daily and the food supply was amazing . Fresh fruit and vegetables along with everyone's favourite weekly dinner were all there ,as the working conditions were terrible and the only thing you had to look forward too was dinner and beer o'clock👍 the funniest sight was a McDonald's sign that said 2300km 👇

@danceyrselfkleen

Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why people have to lie on the internet like this

@zakay_

Жыл бұрын

@@danceyrselfkleen L

@scottburns2600

Жыл бұрын

I would think they were all vegans down there! 😆

@---Blue

Жыл бұрын

@@danceyrselfkleen what a fucking trollolol

@notmagnusthered1602

Жыл бұрын

classic alcoa. no idea why all the yanks think you're lying lol

I'm most impressed by whoever built the very first structure there, that couldn't have been fun to build a structure in such extreme cold

"I ate an embarrassing amount of pizza" There is no such thing

@blava3155

3 жыл бұрын

It's mandatory for females to say that they are eating too much even if it was one slice.

@outlandishyute8528

3 жыл бұрын

@@blava3155 yeah I’m tired of their bullshit

@octo.lina69

3 жыл бұрын

⏫ Ignoramuses ⏫

@acek2016

3 жыл бұрын

@@blava3155 ok neckbeard

@skel_raven

3 жыл бұрын

it is if she put pineapple on it.

Hot sauce has gotta be the equivalent of cigarettes in jail.

@shaybob1711

3 жыл бұрын

Texas Pete's was definitely currency on my ship back in the early 2000s.

@beruman

3 жыл бұрын

it keeps well and vinegar makes it freeze resistant so better than fruit at least

@frustrated_socialist

3 жыл бұрын

It would probably be more apt to compare hot sauce at this station to ramen packs in prisons

@AndyLifeInVideo

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaybob1711 same on my ship in the 10s!

@The1800Suicide

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaybob1711 whats a texas pete?

The situation in Antarctica is far from what I've imagined. I'm actually amazed on how there are shelters that can accommodate A LOT of people out there. Thank you for this content! I'm enlightened.

This is the most interesting video I've seen in forever. I had no idea the base was so large and.... normal! It's so much more human than I thought it was. I always got the impression that it was completely clinical and alien somehow, like being on the ISS or something. I would love to experience this!

"Can you eat something pickled 100 years ago?" **Steve1989MRE already booking flight to Antarctica**

@MotherMonster34

3 жыл бұрын

accountnamewithheld omg hahahahahahahah

@BikJTube

3 жыл бұрын

'nice hiss'

@lqfr8813

3 жыл бұрын

is that the guy that have hospitalized once for eating war era foods? lol he might just banned from museum for trying to taste some bits of offerings foods from ancient grave

@kziila0244

3 жыл бұрын

@@lqfr8813 I half expected him to have already raided a pharaoh’s tomb to get some of the stored food. *Opens jar* “Nice hiss.”

@tjknell

3 жыл бұрын

😆

It’s kind of sad recycled and expired meals in the most isolated continent still looks better then school lunch

@TheHolyFritz

3 жыл бұрын

Well, the difference is they have actual chefs

@Schooney60606

3 жыл бұрын

Only good thing I had in high school was the chicken tender, just like there in Antarctica.

@hailervin

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I know I HATE it. I worked with AmeriCorps in the past with No kid Hungry in an effort to improve meal quality in the locals schools and to get more kids access to school meals and it’s terrible. Can’t not stand public schools for this reason especially when I was in primary school.

@axpRandom

3 жыл бұрын

*than

@danepotmo2513

3 жыл бұрын

I see people say this sometimes online, but I don't get it. We had tasty school lunches. I'm not sure it was always the healthiest stuff (pizzas, fiestadas, tacos, burgers etc were pretty common), but it was good and fresh. I grew up in a rural, lower-middle class, town as well. I have no clue about this gross school lunch culture I sometimes see youtube comments allude too.

"Add cheese, just add cheese, that's the trick" should be the new motto of Wisconsin. That humanity can go to the most inhospitable part of the world and bake bread, make a decent pizza and serve up chicken tenders is...honestly kind of inspiring. Just like those in not so developed countries, the people researching in Antarctica learn to make do with what they have. And it definitely beats the pemmican, cocoa, and in Amundsen's case fresh dog meat to prevent scurvy that affected Scott and his expedition.

That's one happy video on life in Antarctica, when all we usually read and see is about the extremely harsh weather in what is after all a cold, cold desert. Huge establishment too.

I’m glad I’m not the only person amazed at the amount of people and buildings and how large the station is there. All the other documentary shows make it seem like small groups and temp shelters. This is a huge base with full service canteen. Wow!

@hypothalapotamus5293

2 жыл бұрын

That's McMurdo. It's the supply hub for much of Antarctica. It allows the small groups and temp shelters to happen.

@9033384476

2 жыл бұрын

@@hypothalapotamus5293 Quick Question- Does it supply to all country's station ?

@MrElis420

2 жыл бұрын

@@9033384476 At times, but it's mainly the American base, supplised by U.S. Air Force flights.

@victorm152

2 жыл бұрын

I just pray to God that they never unearth a flesh-eating, shapeshifting, alien monster that could assimilate all life on earth in a matter of four years...oh come on! Somebody had to make a John Carpenter's The Thing reference here at some point!

@zulucruz664

Жыл бұрын

I wonder how much they charge for tourist or one-time-visitor for a slice of pizza. I bet it’s expensive

When we see the logistics of this, imagine sorting out food on Mars.

@MementoMoriGrizzly

3 жыл бұрын

@Manek Iridius We can't even send a human to mars yet.

@cactuslietuva

3 жыл бұрын

We dont have science station on mars yet and it would be a lot less people to feed.

@user-rt4lh3lj2n

3 жыл бұрын

@@MementoMoriGrizzly we're getting there

@NexusWarior211

3 жыл бұрын

Memento Mori Yes you can lol, just don't have hopes of coming back if you don't like it there.

@hey9433

3 жыл бұрын

@Manek Iridius the point is that food shipped there would take 6 months to deliver, and would be very expensive as rocket ships are high maintenance

8:26 "..pineapple on half and anchovies on the other half..." oh no...

@scrotiemcboogerballs4159

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, that is fucking atrocious

A lot of times expiry dates are more "best by" dates... in many instances it's the amount of time the company has done shelf life testing (meaning let it sit as x temperature for y amount of time and then done a taste test/checked for bacteria growth or staleness or something). If they don't have data beyond 3 years or whatever it is, they just slap that date on it rather than risk the lawsuit even if it probably would be fine for even longer.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

Жыл бұрын

I used to think this until I started ignoring expiration dates... then I noticed that stuff generally tastes bad after the expiration dates. Corn muffin mix, for example. Or instant potatoes. Don't even try mayonnaise -- it's disgusting.

@-_James_-

Жыл бұрын

In Europe there's a distinction on packaging between Best Before and Use Before, where the former can be mostly ignored a lot of the time. In Norway a lot of packaging these days will have Best Before dates with "But often good after" written below.

@nietnodig8423

Жыл бұрын

I have eaten things that had an expiration date from before I was born. It's never been an issue.

@monhi64

Жыл бұрын

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894you say that but how many things have you eaten that didn’t taste bad so you didn’t check the expiration date. Yeah frankly I’m convinced that a lot of manufacturers slap super early expiration dates on things to one cover their ass but number two the person will probably throw it out and buy a new package. They pretty much have no incentive to extend it to the longest most accurate but a fair number of reasons to cut it short. Plus some people are will literally judge a product for having too long of an expiration date and assume it must mean it’s unhealthy

I was today years old to realise that their was that many people on Antartica. I honestly thought it was like the thing with a few buildings and a helicopter haha.

@aquariusmoon6174

3 жыл бұрын

me too. 11.000 people live in Antartica

@fredvasquez4201

3 жыл бұрын

been watching too much the thing

@4473021

3 жыл бұрын

Most of them are researchers

@rbdriftin

3 жыл бұрын

The helicopter eats so much

@mad8805

3 жыл бұрын

@Da Ca this planet was fucked the minute humans became a thing

Imagine Gordon Ramsay just comes there one day and starts screaming at the chefs "ITS FUCKING FROZEN!!! ONLY THISNG THATS FRESH HERE IS THE PLACENTA ON THE SNOW!!!"

@jeejbeej

3 жыл бұрын

Actually that placenta is probably also frozen

@normalnamenormalname2083

3 жыл бұрын

Isnt frozen things still considered fresh, like fish. Ofc not stuff like Dino nuggies

@jeejbeej

3 жыл бұрын

@@normalnamenormalname2083 No. It's not unhealthy, but 'fresh' implies it hasn't been frozen, preserved or stored for a long time.

@goosenuggets9693

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeejbeej Freezing food preserves the nutrients more than canning and in some sense even fresh food will lose more nutrients by the time you eat it than frozen food. Although, there is certainly said to be a difference in taste and freezer burn will only amplify that.

@jeejbeej

3 жыл бұрын

@@goosenuggets9693 Of course thats why I said it is not unhealthy to freeze food, but it cannot be called fresh.

Seeing those old preserved food and hearing "expiration is just a suggestion" makes me wish SteveMRE would review such food.

I was just part of a conference to host Antarctic explorers from the 50's through the 90's. My phone must've listened in and recommended this. Such cool information!

"Food is morale". Truer words have never been spoken. Food makes us happy.

@Mbrace818

2 жыл бұрын

That explains why my high school had such low morale.

@EthanDyTioco

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mbrace818 oof

@billmoyer3254

2 жыл бұрын

until we die of chronic illness....kick in a decade or so of miserable health

@sheepketchup9059

2 жыл бұрын

@@billmoyer3254 people seem to conflate tasty food with bad food. Not at all the case. Good food makes us happy AND healthy. Bad food makes us sad AND unhealthy. Good food don't cause chronic illnesses, else we would be eating bad food.

This place is basically gordon ramsey's hell.

@canadiandude24

3 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s what I was thinking, cause it’s all frozen lmao

@MotherMonster34

3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Derohanessian don’t forget the microwaved food

@theblitz4481

3 жыл бұрын

Thought I was the only one thinking about it Lmfao

@nytrodioxide

3 жыл бұрын

IT'S FUCKIN RAW

@canadiandude24

3 жыл бұрын

@@MotherMonster34 True haha

This took me by surprise. I thought this was going to explain 20 types of aquatic species that they were stuck eating all the time.

Once, during the northern expedition, I had to eat a piece of raw hazel grouse caught with snares from the emergency kit, I think a couple of stale cereal bars will even have a positive effect on health

I was a Navy C-130 Loadmaster (the person who loads cargo and people into the LC-130 ski Hercs) from 1992-1996. I used to do a lot of shopping for my friends and friends of friends when we flew from McMurdo to Christchurch. I would buy fresh milk, bread, eggs, spices, Marmite, fruit, meat, cheese and all sorts of other kinds of food in Christchurch and haul it back to McMurdo. When the Navy ran things there was a US Navy Exchange store in Christchurch (The Exchange is the Navy's version of a Mini-Mart). Some of the Kiwi's wanted specific things from the Exchange (Pop-Tarts being one of them), Americans wanted food bought from the Kiwi supermarkets. In exchange for my shopping trips I never ask for anything - Most of the time I would get free beer. Other Loadmasters charged. As a Loadmaster one of my responsibilities was to procure the flight meals for the flight crew and the passengers. The flight meals made for the flight crew at the US Navy's "galley" in Christchurch (It was a combination Navy MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation club and restaurant) were awesome. You could pre-order the types of sandwiches you wanted, they always put in a couple pieces of fresh fruit, milk, chips, home made cookies, candy bars and other snacks. The passengers would also get the same type of meal, except their lunch was smaller. Before landing I had to collect the meals. I would tell the passengers to keep whatever they didn't eat and save it for later. Sometimes they took my advice, sometimes they didn't. I would try my best to collect the uneaten meals and the unopened items from the meals and put them in one bag (which I would later give to the Navy aircraft maintenance people), the rest of the opened and half eaten food items would go into trash bags. After we had unloaded the plane that food trash would go to the "garbage and recycling" collection point (we called it a Skua Pile). Within minutes of dumping it NSFA civilian and contractor personnel would be going through that trash and taking anything they could that was edible, half eaten sandwiches, fruit, anything. Food was free in Antarctica, they had breakfast, lunch, dinner and midrats (midnight meal). In McMurdo there was one club that cooked and served hamburgers and fries on Saturday night (Saturday night was called "Saturday Night Live" as we worked 12 hours on and 12 hours off 6 days a week - Nights got Saturday night off and days got Sunday day off). You had to pay for the burgers and fries.

@justaguy3303

4 жыл бұрын

Man that sounds awesome. How did you get in that kind of job.

@sqrrlades

4 жыл бұрын

People like you are STILL our favorite down here. I worked at Williams Field a few months ago, and the ANG brought me stuff from Christchurch multiple times a week! I sure miss those days. No flights now!

@pamigrove2253

4 жыл бұрын

It shocks me civilian contractor personnel would be going through trash for food. It's not as if people are living there the same way there are those in the community anywhere else which are specifically there for a job. There aren't "low income" folks working fast food or minimum wage jobs run by single parents with 5 or 6 children and can't make ends meet. There's no homeless sleeping on the streets. First, no children live there. Second, EVERYONE is employed at research bases and I'm pretty sure they aren't charged for meals like a student would pay on a college campus. Are countries they're associated with not supplying them with enough food? Are universities and other organizations paying for research under supplying their teams? I'm just flabbergasted. I don't get this at all. And technically, the person writing this and his fellow service people weren't even to be in Antarctica, "technically" there are to be NO military bases on the continent but I think most major countries have violated it. Antarctica is to be Research ONLY and not become a militarized area where countries are setting up "their" territories and "your" territories but when do governments ever listen to rules. I'm still so shocked by this news people are rummaging through trash eating EVEN half-eaten food I don't even know what to say about it. I would REALLY like to hear why, hear more about this situation. This situation is just wrong on multiple levels.

@enja001

3 жыл бұрын

@Ron B what has that got to do with this?

@hoilst

3 жыл бұрын

We Aussies have a brewery in Antarctica. Because off course we do.

The majority of "expiration dates" are really just "best by dates". They won't kill you, but they will taste like cardboard

@nikki11111

3 жыл бұрын

@@gohom3882 I diagnose you with salmonella

@amandasunshine2

3 жыл бұрын

@@gohom3882 yeah that's not what I meant

@floo1465

3 жыл бұрын

if it’s not canned or vacuum sealed, it becomes dangerous probably about a year after the best by date

@mcmuffinmofo

3 жыл бұрын

@@gohom3882 You just explained the difference between "best before" and "use before" in the best way I could imagine

@michaelharris454

2 жыл бұрын

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My dream is to work in Antarctica as a researcher. This genuinely seems so amazing.

This is so interesting! Never would have guessed there are that many people that live there aside from scientists. Ive always loved the cold so I'd love to spend a month there just for the experience!

I was lead baker at McMurdo 2005-06 and cooked at the Pole 1996-97. It was a lot of work but everyone really appreciated the cookies.

@caitlinsaks4910

4 жыл бұрын

The COOKIES! We filmed a scene baking cookies with the bakers because I was a cookie FANATIC... but sadly had to cut the scene from the final episode. I was a cookie fanatic --- probably averaged about 4 a day.

@Acherus29A

3 жыл бұрын

So I'm about 75% serious when I say that I wanna be a baker in Antarctica at some point in my life - software. by trade, but damn good hobbyist baker - any tips on whether they'd take me?

@erie5552

3 жыл бұрын

how you get hired?? where is the place to apply to be a baker in Antarctica? - serious question from an unemployed baker :(

It's like a college dining hall, all expired and reheated food and the pizza is often the only good thing there.

@jkhoover

3 жыл бұрын

Shoot! I was in the army. You had it nice in a college dining hall.

@tasbhu764

3 жыл бұрын

@@jkhoover i would imagine colleges be taking money out our pockets for shitty food y’all get free mre meals 🤤. Thank you for your service! I hope you’re eating good now

@daprince001x5

3 жыл бұрын

spot on!

@tasbhu764

2 жыл бұрын

@@ravenwraith1017 at NYU it depends on the dining hall

@davidcox3076

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they crated up the leftovers from Antarctica and shipped them to my college's chow hall. : (

5:40 heat the fridge 😂❤ my mind blown at that sentence, smart and easy to understand and not daily thing to hear heat your fridge

This was a really interesting video. I've definitely found that people who move to crazy places tend to be incredibly nice, and everyone in this seemed to be like that. Just positivity everywhere, it's so cool to see.

@turkey4957

Жыл бұрын

This is an edited video you do realize that, they’re not going to include the boring weird or negative people they interview, also people are known to commit violent acts over the winter stays in Antarctica

“Can’t start a fire to save her life.” “Lost his good gloves on day 2.” Mixed with the spy jazz and slow motion walking - PBS @ a real fine point.

@sentientarugula2884

3 жыл бұрын

We're giving the BBC a run for their money

Everyone in this video seems SO friendly and I want to be friends with all of them.

@kalina5076

3 жыл бұрын

Well, to survive in Antarctica you have to be *chill*

@juliahamiltonakathebest4200

3 жыл бұрын

@Jemal Rankin what do you mean? She was just talking:/

@dujilli

3 жыл бұрын

@@kalina5076 stop

@sentientarugula2884

3 жыл бұрын

They all look like models, we would never fit in

@nytrodioxide

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I want to be an Antarctican researcher

I hope there is a longer video or documentary about this! It probably took you guys a long time to get there so why not make it longer? Very interesting I've always wondered how they live out there

As some who is going to be going to antartica for work this video has been so useful to help learn what im getting into.

Are we just going to ignore the fact that the dude's name is Michael Jackson

@vaszgul736

3 жыл бұрын

He lived afterall

@JON-qm5ft

3 жыл бұрын

Probably why he moved to Antartica

@alen-commentnazi8774

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO I SCORLLED DOWN TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE MENTIONED THIS

@calulpufos3823

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to say that :D

@RizDLV

3 жыл бұрын

Loolll glad I wasn't the only one 🤣🤣

It's so wild hearing Antarctica and seeing documentaries, and movies about it, then seeing that people have created essentially a town with running electricity, heat, etc. And seeing people eating pizza of all things is mind blowing to me.

@taninmoores4943

2 жыл бұрын

I saw the cafeteria and all the people and was like wtf. Thought there was a few dozen people there.

Wow I was there back in the day, loved the fresh seafood the chefs always prepared daily 😋 👍🏽

Fascinating reporting. What a treat for you two to be able to spend some time there. Thanks for ‘taking us along’!

They must be hooking up with each other like crazy.

@emmettthompson5036

3 жыл бұрын

Ok... So I wasnt the only person thinking that

@chiefsb.3784

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmettthompson5036 same my guy. Same

@Skkaaddooosshh

3 жыл бұрын

they do. i remember a few years ago someone did a reddit ama on their life spent on antarctica. said people hook up an insane amount

@emmettthompson5036

3 жыл бұрын

@@Skkaaddooosshh not surprised... People get cold... Gotta warm up somehow

@Jacbedn

3 жыл бұрын

About like a 900 person high school

cheese doesn't expire, it gets more expensive

@user-yv3zk1lk6c

3 жыл бұрын

Thats only the ones that are already expired, they can expire more in tasty ways

I actually watched the whole video very informative no bs content that wasn't about Antarctica loved it

Thank you for the content I sure do imagine everywhere has pros and cons but this place seems more like hell the more i study it

The only continent where Gordon Ramsay shouldn't be allowed. Officially.

@heru-deshet359

3 жыл бұрын

They'll eat him if he shows up.

@johnw2026

3 жыл бұрын

If he ever shows up, they should give him an ultimatum: "If you say ANYTHING bad about ANY of our food or drink, WE WILL BURY YOU ALIVE IN THE SNOW! " 🤣😂🤣

@smashexentertainment676

3 жыл бұрын

I bet he'd make awesome snow cones.

@asoru5573

3 жыл бұрын

@@heru-deshet359 XD true

@skthechef8075

3 жыл бұрын

Too late kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6ukqbuapJOwhLg.html

Sounds like reasonable management of food resources, same as we do at home. Expiry dates are more of a safeguard for manufacturers and an excuse to throw out food in America or leave it on the plate. The food's condition depends on the storage conditions, and it could spoil way sooner than expected in summer.

@lilian8803

3 жыл бұрын

Here in Germany (well the EU really) it‘s a warranty as well. If your food goes bad before the expiration date you could technically go to the store and get it replaced.

@sarroumarbeu6810

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, you can tell for yourself if it's gone bad or not... The expiration date is just an approximation

@vicgamesvt9682

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah expiration dates account for worst case scenarios like if you left your food open outside in the sun

@deeya

3 жыл бұрын

if I'm not mistaken, officially expiration dates refer to the duration for the best state that the food is in. Flavor, texture, etc. these printed numbers will be the date when all that becomes less than the optimum. After that, the food is still fit for consumption for some time after it, duration may vary according to conditions. It's not bad, or in any way dangerous, just will no longer give the best experience from eating it. Bread that is past the expiry date, will grow mold and be unfit to eat. If left exposed to damp. Freeze it and toast it, voila. Month old bread that is safe to eat.

@sarroumarbeu6810

3 жыл бұрын

@@deeya +1

I want to go work there. This looks like an amazing experience.

Those first expeditions to Antartica were incredible.

Crazy to believe my physics teacher spent several years here when he was in college. Fun fact: he took on a dare to go outside in just underwear and take a picture

@vintagesparkles4289

3 жыл бұрын

they have colleges in antarctica?

@Frostayyyy

3 жыл бұрын

@@vintagesparkles4289 I'm not sure about that but he was at Berkeley at the time and they had connections with a research base there.

@hertzrozen

3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the Italian crew at Concordia did that at -80°C and I hope to go there one day hahaha

@geoffpriestley7001

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing to see there then not at that temperature

@klayman2

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frostayyyy that's actually normal, i've heard of russians doing a water plunge during the spring/summer

I spent three Navy tours at McMurdo Base, Camp Beardmore glacier, and South Pole Station in 1984-1987. I was based out of VXE-6 at NAS Point Mugu, California. We deployed to Christchurch, NZ and waited for clear weather for the flight to the ice. As a Helicopter Crewchief, I was able to get to all the old explorer huts and the ice's edge at the ocean. We were the group that transported scientific supplies including food to the outlying camps. A lot of the galley food came in from New Zealand (plus DB Brown beer!). Sundays (our only day off) were all you can eat steak and lobsters at McMurdo. I would get a soup bowl of drawn butter to go with my 5-6 lobster tails. They had beer from the late 1950s in cans for your liquor rations. If you wanted a snack, there were MREs stashed in the condominiums. Aircrew lunches were often mystery meat, but Grey Poupon saved the day. A real treat when they tossed in fried chicken... Some of the best food was found at the New Zealand base camp behind McMurdo and their campsite at freshwater Lake Vanda. Hot scones with jam and English tea made the trip to Lake Vanda even more enjoyable. If you wanted to join the Lake Vanda swim club, they would blow a hole in the ice and you had to jump in naked. Everyone showed up with cameras when we had a female on board the helicopter to join the swim club. I have three swim club patches. In January, the ice melted enough you could dive in from the shore. Very nice, especially as we were limited to only one Navy shower a week. At Camp Beardmore, I opted not to sleep in the barracks and set up a Korean era military 9-man tent by myself with a mummy sleeping bag for the 30 day deployment on the glacier. We often would take a cargo net to the leading edge of a glacier for fresh water ice chunks and fly the load back for the three clubs at McMurdo. We would set the "ice berries" in the back of a stake side truck for delivery. It's the only non-recycled water left on the planet.

@tannerv3668

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you for sharing. This is awesome.

@jus53

Жыл бұрын

Late reply, but could you tell us about your tent that you set up? Like how big was it, what was the layout, what amenities did you have etc. This is such a cool detail and I'd love to learn more if you're interested in sharing a year later!

@ev6558

Жыл бұрын

That last sentence makes you sound like someone who is afraid of the word "chemicals" and thinks "organic" means something.

@flashgordon6238

Жыл бұрын

@@ev6558 The last sentence was a slogan at the three clubs in McMurdo during the mid -1980s when they were handing out drinks with glacier ice. I took 2 semesters college inorganic chemistry, 2 of organic chemistry with labs, plus human physiology in pursuit of my Master's degree, so no fear of chemicals. All life is based on chemical reactions....Check out George Carlin's stand up on "Saving the Planet". That aligns with my outlook on things.

@sidv4615

Жыл бұрын

@@flashgordon6238 ahh... the puckered penguins. I had a buddy who flew VXE-6s LC-130R. He unfortunately had a crash in I think 1987.

Went to Sea World with my aunt and got to catch a glimpse of what people had to eat either in the Arctic or Antarctic. Unless you can't eat (which is bad!), absolutely NOTHING goes to waste! Needing to constantly eat to keep your energy up, sounds like a challenge, because energy is mostly lost in heat, unless you can conserve it! Can't imagine having to go on a 3,500 calorie diet, when you're struggling to keep at a 1,500 on a regular basis!

There’s something absolutely delightful about this video

This is basically my college cafeteria, only the food probably tastes better

Ah, twice baked leftovers with extra cheese, just like at home.

This really makes Antarctica a fun place for holiday vacation.

Thank you for the educational video!! ❤️

Flat earthers be like: They live on the Ice wall.

@rickmaggie1

3 жыл бұрын

Don't talk shit about flat earthers, we respect your dignity so respect ours

@worlddomination4840

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickmaggie1 hahahahaha, good joke tell us another one, hahaha

@Jumbopoptv

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t disrespect flat earthers, they have members all around the globe

@ertbert2332

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickmaggie1 oh no hope you don't push me off the edge

@nvondoom545

3 жыл бұрын

@@ertbert2332 all my friends are dead

"Cool temperatures burns fat" I'll shall use my air conditioner 24/7 then

@ortherner

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@lilsyrupshawty

3 жыл бұрын

try being canadian, youd want to be fatter for insulation lmao

@aimeem

3 жыл бұрын

Well, when it's hot you basically want to sit very still in front of the electric fan, and when it's cold you do want to move around more to stay warm. So yeah, probably will help.

@lqfr8813

3 жыл бұрын

ive gone to colder region in my country that the temp. is about like coldest AC, but the cold there in the morning is seeping into my bones while AC didnt lol. got my whole body shivering just thinking i have to get out from bed and shower

@AJAYKUMARSAGAR

3 жыл бұрын

That'll also burn away your wallet mate

That's so cool, this experience must be amazing as a scientist

My uncle works there, at that exact station! He wasn't there at the time this was filmed, but this past winter he overwintered at the South Pole station too. He's back in the States rn, but he's going back again this year.

If you can get to other bases (French, Italian, Korean, Aussie) the food is actually amazing. Mcmurdo is huge, but the others have populations around 100, and usually have a few actual chef's making meals. The staff in Mcmurdo do a great job considering they feed 10 times the people, and in multiple shifts.

If you enjoyed this, I really recommend “encounters at the end of the world” by Documentary-maker Werner Herzog. It is a quirky and intimately beautiful piece including profoundly human conversations with the people who live and work in McMurdo in Antarctica. The questions Werner asks, and the way he captures peoples responses….. it really is special. Hope you enjoy!

@Taeronai

2 жыл бұрын

I love Werner Herzog

@foobarmaximus3506

Жыл бұрын

He is too depressing for me.

@LordVader1094

Жыл бұрын

@@foobarmaximus3506 Same tbh

@SparkzMxzXZ

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you so much for the recommendation, i’ll check it out for sure 😊

@mi5anthrope

11 ай бұрын

@@foobarmaximus3506 Have you considered perhaps that you're just a boring person? What an odd thing to say.

Great video!!

You guys frickn rock Heroes And you are all so chill Love it all And thank you for all you do for us on planet earth

Dear nice lady in the yellow knit hat in the dining room, On behalf of everyone who’s ever worked in a commercial kitchen, thank you for acknowledging the hard work and effort of the staff. I’ve been cooking for my living for 30 years and I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to meal plan and cook with those kind of parameters.

@grixloth

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Her response was so graceful and respectful; I really appreciated her insight as well.

@waltoopoyndeaux4199

2 жыл бұрын

All of the "locals" at that table were very complimentary to the kitchen staff, in spite of the jokes about bad expired food made by the two presenters. I take from that a sign of being close-knit; those 900+ people working there must have a strong sense of teamwork to survive and work in those conditions.

I knew Michael Jackson wasn’t dead, and was just hiding in Antartica!

@sentientarugula2884

3 жыл бұрын

So THAT'S where Elvis and Tupac went

@ouya_expert

3 жыл бұрын

Guess they decided to cut out their interview with Hitler 😔😔

@d.00.m.s_d4y

3 жыл бұрын

He just got more surgery

this is the type of video i that i can watch several times in one sitting

as an infectious disease microbiologist - I have always wanted to go to Antarctica and study extremophiles...........I bet its just so interesting

I like to think that girl in the freezer thought this was her chance to get on TV and she gets interrupted and then overdubbed by the hosts monologue.

They basically eat like students.

@Wilhelmus84Nassau

3 жыл бұрын

Nasty people indeed hahaha

@cats23cats23

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wilhelmus84Nassau why nasty people

@Wilhelmus84Nassau

3 жыл бұрын

@@cats23cats23 Cause students are

@brickman409

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wilhelmus84Nassau fair enough

@Wilhelmus84Nassau

3 жыл бұрын

@@brickman409 Hahahahaha be honest, most of them are arrogant while they're living as schweinen

I love this video, I watch is like every 3 months

Honestly, the algorithm brought me here, but seeing these scientists out in Antarctica made me think of explorers on an alien planet just because of the conditions alone. Awesome vid.

2:53 damn they got Michael Jackson in Antarctica

@br61499

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to make that reference

@AA-bz1pr

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@ffrenchie8578

3 жыл бұрын

He isnt dead he’s living in Antarctica

@deathkitten7635

3 жыл бұрын

Michael and Jackson are pretty common first names and surnames, so there are probably a lot of older people named Michael Jackson. I’m sure few people did this after he was famous because it would probably be annoying.

@aphoticphoton

3 жыл бұрын

He he!

It's always fascinating to see how humans can thrive in even the toughest environment. Just proves that no matter what happens, we'll always have the ability to survive one way or another.

@anabellejacques9322

3 жыл бұрын

As other animals can

Ive been there at McMurdo Station Antarctica in 1976 Operation Deep Freeze and I remember being served some of the best food at the Mess Hall.

Just remember to not dig in the ice to find a spaceship

The comradery here is amazing! The winter i spent there we joined four long tables into one in the galley. Fourth of july party in the heavy shop playing horseshoe in a metal box surrounded by concrete. Mount erebus glacier tounge cave before sea ice melt. American night at the kiwi base. Best live music unknown to man in the Carp shop. Smoking in designated smoking boxes. Freshies! The red glow of the sun after being gone for months, what a feeling! Leaving the ice on my birthday and eating everything in newzealand. Seeing dogs and small humans, driving over 30 mph on the opposite side of a car. Amazing job and opportunities! Thank you pae for wanting me (:

"It's expired! Bloody hell!" *Makes modern restaurant out of antarctic labs* -Gordon Ramsay

@deeya

3 жыл бұрын

the lamb sauce is still on the ship out at sea...

I shivered just looking at the outside pictures

My Father Spent a little over a year in Antarctica for the Navy in Operation Deep Freeze as the senior medical doctor, its interesting to see how he lived there.

The chicken strips are no joke the best thing, and ESPECIALLY when they set out the hot sauce. They also make an Orange Chicken from time to time. They make great holiday meals too. Those bakers are always amazing. No to mention the additional options to the main line. There is burger night, Mongolian grill, and burrito night. I notice they didn't touch on drinks though... there are no sodas unless you buy them from the station store. You get water, juice, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and usually a fruit punch, lemonade, or gatorade as choices. That said, some of the random stuff they seem to come up with isn't great. Every once in a while their repurposed food will knock it out of the park, like a post Thanksgiving casserole I had once, but usually they are pretty meh. Just don't expect to be impressed as a picky eater... you'll be eating a lot of pizza and microwave ramen noodles, which are usually available to grab in the Grab n' Go area.

@amolnarawade7239

3 жыл бұрын

what are the chances of landing a job as a kitchen hand on station .

@justinbeauvais1409

3 жыл бұрын

@@amolnarawade7239 honestly, I have no idea. The worst they can do is not hire you. So, I'd say put in an application and see what happens. That said, the galley is a comparatively big work center, so there are more slots there than for other jobs.

@amolnarawade7239

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinbeauvais1409 any direction you can give where this type of job been advertised or how to connect with them. . Have worked in UK 5 yr as chef. 1 yr in USA Indian passport that's the only a big set back for my profile )

@justinbeauvais1409

3 жыл бұрын

@@amolnarawade7239 this would be the best place to start looking: www.usap.gov/jobsandopportunities/?m=1 You can also check out the Antarctic programs of other nations as well, but I don't have a link for any of those. A lot of countries have research outposts across the continent.

@sigmunddreyfus8214

3 жыл бұрын

what are so many people doing there??

These videos are amazing. It truly seems like going to another world, as if it was sci-fi yet it is all real, it is the life that all those brave human beings chose for the sake of research and further understanding of our planet. They never fail to make me smile, seeing how everyone enjoys the work they do, and how close they all are as companions. Thank you all for sharing this with us P.D. Food is amazing!

@caitlinsaks4910

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Luis! "Sci-fi yet real" is pretty much how we felt while we were there. Felt like we were living in a movie.

@luisramos1600

4 жыл бұрын

Oohh I did not know that. My first language is spanish, and I thought it was the same for both. Thanks, I learned another new thing today

Nice to see a good wholesome pbs show

Falcon Scott used our Victorian port here in Oamaru Sth island New Zealand before leaving for Antarctica. He also has a big plaque at Waitaki boys high school.

I wasn't sure this topic would hold my interest, but you both did such a good job! It drew me in and kept me grinning the whole time. You develop a respect for all layers of the support structure down there, not just the scientists. Good job.

I work in food service. Sometimes I dont order enough produce, meat etc. I can not imagine trying to plan that all out for that many people 18 months in advance. That kitchen staff is amazing.

i live in ND. same thing in the winter lol especially 22-23. its been awful. 55 below and 100 inches of snow. but its 4/11/23 today and hit 50 above. was absolutely beautiful

As a young cook, studying @ the CIA (Hyde Park, '79) I said I would be 1st Chef on the moon - clearly, I was ahead of NASA's plans for space colonization lol. Read about the Antarctic station a few years ago - were I even 20yrs younger, I'd sign up for kitchen detail in a heartbeat. As women in the culinary arts, we were breaking glass ceilings in late '70s and never looked back. How amazing this experience must be for all involved :)

"everything is supersized, look at that tub of chips" this girl has never been to a restaurant in her life

@bentleyv1233

3 жыл бұрын

@John Galt Lol seriously

@Iwetbeds

2 жыл бұрын

Hah I didn't even read this yet and left an identical comment! too funny.

@marim0y

2 жыл бұрын

It's so true.

@nicholasbiddle7893

2 жыл бұрын

Or a cafeteria

@GG256_

2 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: That's half a serving size of chips in Antarctica

Wintered over in 1980, the food service was $6,000.00 in the hole when the winter started and we were told that we would have to make up the shortage and there were 58 of wintering over so, food was kind of basic. We could always go the the galley and find something to eat though. When we stuck in the shop due to weather we had Viet Nam era C-Rats to try to thaw out enough to eat.

Great video it made me smile thx

Very interesting!