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At the end of summer, we are happy to come home, but it’s a mixed feeling: we’re sad to leave Antarctica, it’s an incredible environment and a unique life that we have here.
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We prepare our own bread and cook it here. Fresh bread is important. I like to make brioche for breakfast with chocolate inside.
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More and more, I have grown used to waiting a month between fresh food deliveries. Years ago, when I first started the job, it was difficult because fresh food wears fast. With experience, I know what will go bad first, so for the first week, we have a lot of fresh salads. I manage it so I can make these ingredients last as long as possible. Over these four weeks, I am able to manage, and until the fourth week I can still offer something appetizing to eat.
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There’s always a vegetarian or vegan option – so everybody has a variety to choose from.
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From Belgium, we fill up shipping containers with a large amount of dried and frozen food and every other year, a ship arrives and supplies us with these ingredients.
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We actually have fridges that we need to warm up because many ingredients like certain fruits cannot be frozen.
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I cook by feeling – depending on the number of people there, or what food will be going bad soon. It all depends on what we have.
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These field trips can take two-three weeks and involve four to six people. For this, I need to estimate the meals they will need away from the station. Every time I cook a large meal, I freeze portions so that researchers can take these, defrost, and enjoy, without needing to waste valuable time in the field.
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I have always been drawn to atypical landscapes, beautiful areas, places at altitude. It’s a small world – the world of people who do this work in these regions – so another cook told the station’s director about me. Working at one place can open new doors, and that’s how I got from the Alps to Antarctica.
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