The Coca-Cola Company says its fabled drink is on sale in more than 200 countries worldwide – that's more than are members of the UN. You can buy it in locations as remote as Antarctic research bases, and it has even crept into countries where US companies are barred from doing business.
"For us, it costs about $US38 ($53) for a can of Coke once it arrives in Antarctica," says White Desert's chief marketing officer, Mindy Roberts, who has just returned from a visit to one of the camps. "So the cost of our trips is high."
Shops and Amenities
There are limited shopping options in Antarctica, however a few options for souvenirs and provisions are available in Port Lockroy (only open from November to March).
Regardless of the total absence of hotels in the Antarctic, it is possible to stay on the continent. While there are no true Antarctic hotels, the available hotel alternatives are diverse. These range from luxury lodges to comfortable campsites.
The number of residents varies, from around 1,100 in the harsh Antarctic winter to around 4,400 in the milder summer months of October to February, plus an additional staff of 1,000 in the nearby waters. Antarctica has no indigenous inhabitants, only permanent and summer-only staff at its many research stations.
There is no single country that owns Antarctica. Instead, Antarctica is governed by a group of nations in a unique international partnership. The Antarctic Treaty, first signed on December 1, 1959, designates Antarctica as a continent devoted to peace and science.
Since then we've been reminded of another… Eleven babies have been born in Antarctica, and none of them died as infants. Antarctica therefore has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent: 0%. What's crazier is why the babies were born there in the first place.
South Pole Station has very limited access to the internet during short windows of satellite time. Internet performance is very slow during satellite windows, however, basic email and web-surfing is available.
Faraday Bar (above) is located at the Ukrainian Antarctic station, Vernadsky, on Island Galindez. It has just seven seats, where you can enjoy shots of house-distilled vodka, wine and beer for around $3 each. The pub's specialty is a liqueur infused with herbs, a special recipe concocted by Ukrainian polar scientists.
Dining at Antarctic Research Stations
Because there are no physical restaurants on Antarctica proper, chefs try to keep their menus interesting and serve rotating selection of popular food in a variety of cuisines.
No, there are no McDonald's in Antarctica.
The closest McDonald's to Antarctica would be in Chile or Argentina.
“Our ATMs at McMurdo Station are the southernmost ATMs in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records,” Wells Fargo said. “In fact, they're the only ones on the entire continent of Antarctica — kind of cool to say that.”
No souvenirs
However, in Antarctica, taking anything is banned. This includes rocks, feathers, bones, eggs and any kind of biological material including traces of soil. Taking anything man-made is also completely banned, as some might actually be research equipment.
Additionally, being drunk is particularly dangerous is such harsh environment. At the Princess Elisabeth station, there is thus a big stock of alcohol-free beers! This did not forbid past explorers to order alcohol before they leave.
Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest and coldest place on earth—and naturally there are no breweries contained within its borders—so beer must travel to Antarctica.
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Oddly enough, there are very few smells in Antarctica. Ice and snow have no smell, and in the cold temperatures, everyday objects hold onto their aromatic chemicals. So that when you stumble into an aroma, it stands out like a black volcanic rock on a snowfield.
McMurdo Station Coffee House, McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica.
There are no roads for conventional vehicles outside of short non-paved tracks around scientific stations, just a few "airports" that are rough landing strips usually on ice (with the changes and unpredictability that goes with ice) no commercial air or sea ports and no railways.
The short answer is no, your mobile phone will not work during your tour of Antarctica. While we've come a long way from the earliest expeditions when explorers could only send snail mail via other ships, Antarctica is still a remote and wild destination with a telecommunications system to match.
Dogs were banned from the South Pole in 1994 because they were spreading a canine infection to seals.
Antarctica residents can access 815 videos, which includes 562 movies and 253 series, the net resource states. But Antarctica is still far behind the countries with the greatest Netflix catalogues; leading the pack is the United States where Netflix was born.
The station is known for a number of Antarctica “firsts.” It is the birthplace of Emilio Marcos Palma, the first person to be born in Antarctica. Base Esperanza also houses the first Catholic chapel (1976) and first school (1978) built on the continent.
In 1977, Silvia Morella de Palma from Argentina, who was then seven months pregnant, was airlifted to Antarctica to assert the country's dominance in the region, by giving birth to the first human on the continent. Emilio Marcos Palma was born on January 7, 1978, becoming the first Antarctica-born baby.