Week 23 at the Pole

By Jean DeMerit — Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 1:00pm
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 1:00pm
greenhouse plaque
Image: Erik Beiser, IceCube/NSF

South Pole … greenhouse? That’s right. One of the coldest places on the planet hosts a very nice, warm greenhouse, replete with tomatoes and leafy greens. It’s a jungle in there. Why shouldn’t the folks at the Pole enjoy some fresh produce in the winter, too, as many of us do? After all, there is no incoming food, fresh or otherwise, during the long winter season there. So if it’s veggies you want, you either grow them or wait for summer arrivals. The skies give them plenty to look at while they’re waiting.

tomato
Image: Erik Beiser, IceCube/NSF

swiss chard
Image: Erik Beiser, IceCube/NSF

vines
Image: Erik Beiser, IceCube/NSF
 

night sky
Image: Stephan Richter, IceCube/NSF

 

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