“Why are you doing this?”
I wondered why he was interested.
PD Choi Min-seong said with a faint smile.
“I have a desire to make a documentary later.”
“What documentary is this?”
“This is Mr. Kim Deok-myeong and the farmers from Jirisan Mountain. I was personally interested in the production of this show. After hearing about this Antarctica, I became more greedy.”
“May I ask what you want to show through the documentary about us?”
“It is a beautiful success story of a young farmer.”
“Are you taking the plane?”
“No, I just said it as it is.”
At first, I thought of rejecting it. But I knew his heart and was worried.
After much deliberation, I made a decision.
“I never learned to shoot professionally.”
“I’ll give you some tips. It’s easy if you know the rules.”
PD Choi Min-seong’s expression brightened.
I decided to include an Antarctic diary on video.
As he said, it was also helpful for us.
* * *
I went straight to the salad container production site.
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Min Yo-han and Lee Jang-woo were having dinner.
“Did you eat?”
Lee Jang-woo asked while eating Jajangmyeon.
“No, I didn’t eat it.”
“Would you like one more?”
“Yeah, give me another one.”
While Lee Jang-woo was on the phone, Min Yo-han asked.
“Did your visit go well?”
“I have a small problem.”
“Is it a problem?”
Lee Jang-woo looked at me when he said it was a problem.
I told them about the changed situation. The fact that the number of people going to Antarctica has decreased and even receiving training.
As soon as he finished speaking, Min Yo-han asked.
“Are you saying that anyone going to Antarctica must undergo survival training?”
“I was told that I had to take it unconditionally.”
“Is that something like Marine Corps training?”
“Probably similar.”
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Min Yo-han responded more sensitively to survival training than to reducing the number of people.
He didn’t say anything, but he seemed afraid.
Lee Jang-woo was eating Jjajangmyeon without changing his expression.
“Are you saying that only one of me and Jang-woo should go?”
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Min Yo-han asked with a worried expression.
“Yeah, it was a situation where only one of the two had to go.”
“I think it would be more appropriate for Jang-woo to go than me.”
“May I ask why?”
“Come to think of it, if I go to Antarctica, there are no experts. You’ll need someone to look after the salad container…”
It wasn’t wrong.
At that time, Lee Jang-woo, who was quietly eating Jjajangmyeon, burst into laughter.
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Min Yo-han made a sad expression on his face.
“Jangwoo, why are you smiling?”
“I wonder if it was because of survival training.”
“It has nothing to do with that!”
As I listened to the heated, emphatic speech, it seemed that survival training was truly terrifying.
If you think about it, it was quite natural. The reason for the survival training is because the deaths occurred in Antarctica.
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No one knew what was going to happen in Antarctica.
This is the real reason why Min Yo-han is trembling in fear.
“As Johan said, I think it would be good to have one expert resident here. Jangwoo and I will go to Antarctica.”
“I have the same thoughts as the CEO.”
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Min Yo-han strongly agreed.
Lee Jang-woo was still smiling.
* * *
I promised the last broadcast with writer Go Ae-joo.
Today is that day.
I already finished recording, and I went to the studio with Minseo Geum.
“Did you hear that Farmer Lee Ki-seok, who appeared before, won the award? With lotus root cookies and lotus leaf tea.”
Geum Min-seo asked me.
“Yes, we received the Excellence Award at the Idea Competition for Agricultural Specialties.”
Lee Ki-seok appeared on the screen.
He thanked the viewers and production crew.
Don’t forget to thank me too.
“It’s all thanks to Kim Deok-myeong. I will never forget this grace.”
Geum Min-seo looked at it and smiled.
Then came the recently filmed video.
A woman farmer in dairy farming.
Recently, the milk supply company went bankrupt and was in trouble.
Go Ae-ju deliberately chose a dairy farmer.
There were many things I could do to help.
He passed on the cheese making techniques of Jirisan farmers to the farmers in crisis.
This is the dairy product that received the grand prize at the Korea Agricultural Special Product Idea Daejeon.
Seol Kang-in and Seol Min-ju also helped.
Geum Min-seo said while looking at the cheese Seol Min-joo was making.
“I want to try a piece of cheese too.”
It was when the recorded video was over.
The screen showed the salad container and Antarctica.
It was clearly not in the script.
Geum Min-seo made a calm expression.
It was like a go-stop that was squeezing and hitting.
She said looking at the screen.
“This is a gift our production team prepared for Kim Deok-myeong.”
“A gift?”
“I heard that you are going to Antarctica this time.”
PD Choi Min-seong was looking at me and smiling. Next to him was writer Go Ae-ju.
She doesn’t usually come to the studio shoot.
Geum Min-seo looked at me and asked.
“Tell the viewers why you are going to Antarctica.”
I looked at the camera and said.
“To grow salads in Antarctica.”
“A salad?”
Geum Min-seo made a cute expression. It was something I already knew, but the reaction was good.
“This is to provide fresh salads to the crew of the Antarctic Korean Air Base.”
“Will you show me how to grow salads in Antarctica?”
I made eye contact with PD Choi Min-seong. It was like the lines he wrote.
“Of course I have to show you.”
The last show ended like that.
* * *
The salad container to be sent to the Antarctic base has been completed.
It was meticulously checked until the very end.
“Is there nothing more to check now?”
I asked Lee Jang-woo.
“How many times are you asking me already? If you ask me one more time, it will be over a hundred times.”
I had to check it a hundred and a thousand times.
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Once the salad container was sent aboard the ship, there was no turning back.
“I checked it a few times. This is enough.”
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Min Yo-han also helped.
I checked a few more times after that.
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Now is the time to really send out the salad container.
Finally, the salad container was loaded onto the ship.
The container first left for Antarctica.
The ship also had daily necessities and food for use by the crew of the Antarctic Korean Air Base.
Looking at the departing ship, Lee Jang-woo asked.
“By the way, is tomorrow the day?”
“Yeah, tomorrow is that day.”
“You must be prepared.”
“You should think about going back to the military.”
I said with a smile.
Survival training was due soon.
Survival training and drunk testing
The day before survival training.
Jangwoo Lee was staying in Hadong with me.
We were busy moving ahead of our survival training.
It was after the salad container had left, but there was a lot of work to be done.
We had to create manuals for salad containers and maintenance manuals.
After we leave, the Antarctic crew will have to run their own salad containers.
After finishing the work, Lee Jang-woo said pleasantly.
“Would you like a draft beer?”
“What happened? You recommend all the drinks.”
“I also drink a glass of draft beer once in a while.”
Lee Jang-woo said with a smile.
I went to a pub with him.
We had a cold draft beer.
“People have changed.”
“what?”
“You used to hate alcohol, didn’t you?”
“There were times. There were times when I survived thanks to you.”
A smile appeared on Lee Jang-woo’s face.
He and I had been together for two years as a classmate in the military.
At that time, Jang-Woo Lee could not drink even a single sip of alcohol.
The incident he spoke of was still in my memory.
This is an incident that happened after going out for a night out with senior military officers.
There was a drinking party before returning to the unit.
Jang-woo Lee refused, saying he couldn’t drink. Just because you stayed out does not mean that your class has disappeared.
The mischievous seniors continued to offer drinks. About the time Lee Jang-woo’s face turned pale, I stepped out.
He said he would drink all of his alcohol. The seniors looked at me with displeasure. That’s when the drinking started.
I tend to get drunk when I feel good. But if you start eating in a nervous state, you won’t get drunk.
I dealt with them all.
The seniors lost the bet.
“Do you remember what you said that day?”
Lee Jang-woo looked at me and asked.
“I said it with a face that looked fine even though I drank a lot of alcohol.”
“What did I say?”
“One of the stupidest things in the world is to drink,” he said.
“You said the right thing.”
Jangwoo Lee burst out laughing.
He emptied his beer mug and stood up.
“Let’s do it in moderation today. Training starts tomorrow.”
“Are you nervous?”
“What kind of tension is it, it’s time to relax your body.”
* * *
The next day, I took a group bus with Lee Jang-woo. The bus was accompanied by crew members leaving for Antarctica.
Except for Lee Jang-woo and me, there were 15 crew members, all male. Engineers and researchers who will take turns on duty at the Antarctic base.
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On the way to the training site, a middle-aged man grabbed the microphone.
“This is the captain, Kim Do-gi. Starting today, I will be training for survival with you. The reason for survival training is to remain calm in a crisis situation. I hope you get your training safely.”
The Captain of Antarctica finished speaking and sat down. Kim Do-gi did not speak for a long time. He seemed to be the type to keep things simple.
The bus passed the guard post. Soldiers in berets and the marks of the commando brigade were visible.
“It really feels like going back to the military.”
Lee Jang-woo said with a nervous face.
As we got off the bus, the soldiers guided us.
I was assigned a bed and received military uniforms.
“Is this a guerrilla suit?”
Lee Jang-woo looked at the military uniform and said.
I changed clothes and went outside.
There was a man in a red hat at the parade ground.
“I am a teaching assistant who will be with you for a week from today. Those of you who have been in the military know this, but you can think of it as guerrilla training. Everyone be nervous.”
It is first-come-first-served basis from the start. My mind was blown.
The irony is that the first-come-first-served skills are still alive.
As soon as the PT gymnastics was over, I moved to the helicopter rappel field.
This is an exercise in descending using a rappel from a height of 11 m.
There were also helicopters in Antarctica. He seemed to be preparing for an emergency.
I jumped off a rope from a helicopter model. One of the crew was frightened.
It wasn’t the assistant who calmed him down.
It was Kim Do-gi, the captain of Antarctica.
He calmly calmed the crew. Eventually, the crew managed to grab the rope and jump under the model.
Kim Do-gi was like a boss. Even at a middle age, he trained hard without saying anything.
As time went on, I got used to the training. On the first day of admission, the time I used to walk with turtle steps started to go normally.
It was not unfamiliar to run from the guerrilla range to the kitchen.
I ran up the steep slope and ate.
A week passed like that.
* * *
A week of ground training is over. But that wasn’t the end.
We moved to the sea off Pohang. There the Marine Corps Marine Training Center was waiting for us.