3. The nearest supermarket is 2,500 miles away.
Concordia is located farther from civilization than the ISS and it’s not that easy to get there: large loadsare brought by a caravan of sleighs (it takes 10-12 days), and smaller loads and food are brought by small planes constructed for the extreme temperatures.
Despite the fact that the nearest supermarket is located 2,500 miles away, it doesn’t mean that the researchers are put on a bread and water diet: they eat meat, fish, dairy, fresh fruits, and vegetables. The members of the international team love to cook traditional dishes like frog legs or borscht. Many products are kept frozen and eggs are covered in wax.
Alexey Ekaikin, a glaciologist from Russia, shares his “day in the life” of living at the station: “Today all the residents of the station received a newsletter that Concordia has run out of milk and we’ll have to use powdered milk until we get a new load. There’s no milk in the heart of Antarctica, too bad!”