Scientist tries cooking in -70C Antarctica temperatures … where spaghetti goes stiff and yolk freezes mid-air after eggs are cracked
Eating outside can be one of life’s great joys – but it’s a whole different story when you live in deepest Antarctica where everything turns frozen solid within a blink of an eye
THESE pictures show just want happens when you try to cook al fresco in Antarctica.
With temperatures outside struggling to get above -60C, scientist Dr Cyprien Verseux decided to demonstrate just how cold this really is.
The astrobiologist is currently working in the remotest scientific research base in the world.
In fact Concordia station is further away from human life than the International Space Station.
But the loneliness is the least of your troubles in a place where temperatures are so cold liquid instantly freezes.
With temperatures plunging as low as -80C, cooking a hot meal outside is pretty much out of the question.
Yet with Spring in the air in the southern hemisphere, Dr Verseux decided to see whether the relatively balmy temperatures of -60C would allow some outside cooking.
The results were unedifying to say the least.
From the base, he said: “Having lunch on the roof was not a good idea.”
His meal of spaghetti was frozen before he could get the fork into this mouth.
When fried eggs were attempted, the yolks were frozen mid-air before they hit the pan.
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It is no surprise the scientist wanted to dine outside for over the winter the sun did not peak over the horizon for three months.
Dr Verseux told the Press Association: “Temperatures are rising, -60C already feels warmish after the winter months, and we decided to take photos showing the cold in a fun way before we get summer temperatures.
“The temperatures are so low here that just giving numbers is not very evocative.”
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