These Photos Tell What It’s Like To Cook In The Coldest Place On Earth

A few days back, two researchers decided to cook outside in the freezing temperatures just to see how food would react.

By: News Desk |
November 27, 2018 6:45 pm

With temperatures hovering around -94 degrees Fahrenheit, Concordia Station in Antarctica is one of the coldest places on Earth. Not just coldest but also it is the most remote place on earth.

Though it is freezing cold there but Concordia Station is also a scientific base and, often visited by European scientists. As per Insider, a group of 13 people from France, Italy, and Austria are stationed at Concordia Station. And among them, there are two researchers – Station Leader (Concordia) Cyprien Verseux and Carmen Possnig, from France and Austria, who often share pictures food they eat.

A few days back, they decided to cook outside in the freezing temperatures just to see how food would react.

Spiegeleier nach Art des Hauses in #ConcordiaStation.

Foto von @CyprienVerseux und Carmen Possnig, © @ESA / #PNRA / #IPEV #Antarktis #DC14 @ItaliAntartide pic.twitter.com/WxkuzHZxMD

— Carmen Possnig (@CPossnig) October 3, 2018

To their and everybody else’s surprise, the food got frozen. Not just food, also the spoons and forks. They have shared some pictures on Twitter and people are shocked.

Un petit déjeuner équilibré, sur le toit de #ConcordiaStation

Crédits : Cyprien Verseux et Carmen Possnig, © @ESA / #PNRA / #IPEV #ConcordiaStation #Antarctique #DC14 @ItaliAntartide pic.twitter.com/AvWiUBtGo4

— Cyprien Verseux (@CyprienVerseux) October 2, 2018

They even tried to cook scrambled eggs.

Tentative (ratée) d’œufs brouillés à #ConcordiaStation.

Crédits : @CPossnig et @CyprienVerseux. © #PNRA (@ItaliAntartide) / #IPEV / @esa #Antarctique #DC14 pic.twitter.com/eJbBhKEz40

— Cyprien Verseux (@CyprienVerseux) October 3, 2018

Nope, not a photoshop!

Les températures sont remontées au-dessus des -70°C, mais il fait encore un peu frais pour manger dehors…

Crédits : Carmen Possnig et Cyprien Verseux, © @ESA / #PNRA / #IPEV #ConcordiaStation #Antarctique #DC14 @ItaliAntartide pic.twitter.com/Qe57XzDTV5

— Cyprien Verseux (@CyprienVerseux) October 1, 2018

Je m’en doutais, que déjeuner sur le toit n’était pas une bonne idée.

Photo par Carmen Possnig, © @ESA / #PNRA / #IPEV #ConcordiaStation #Antarctique #DC14 @ItaliAntartide pic.twitter.com/67Y0aWEDSI

— Cyprien Verseux (@CyprienVerseux) October 1, 2018

Twitterati is both shocked and amazed. Check out reactions here:

Oops!

Wait for it…. aaaaaand you waited wee too long so your food is frozen now you don’t have lunch.

— Exiled Casket (@ExiledCaste) October 13, 2018

Yeah…

This is artwork!

— Monish (@EVILICIOUS_m) October 13, 2018

“I think it is hard to imagine for people what -70 to -80 degrees Celsius feels like, and we wanted to demonstrate what it’s like,” Carmen Possnig tells Insider.