Captain Dogi Kim made eye contact with me. Eyes that do not waver
“Of course, I won’t let you do anything. I will give Kim Deok-myeong a few options.”
Captain Dogi Kim gave me two options.
The first is the role of assisting other crew members. It’s a simple task to assist researchers. Aids ranged from glacier drilling to weather observations.
The second is to find work for yourself. He said that we could do anything using the technology we have. However, it is a condition of reporting the results accordingly.
There are two options: lightly assisting other crew members and independently seeking work.
“Which one will you choose?”
“I’m going to find a job on my own.”
“Well, as expected. I look forward to seeing what the results will be.”
Captain Dogi Kim said with a thin smile.
“I have work, so I’ll go out first.”
He got dressed and went outside.
Kim Do-gi was a glaciologist. His job is to analyze the Antarctic glacier.
To analyze the glacier, the glacier was drilled deep underground.
The study of ancient climates and natural environments by analyzing glaciers.
As the captain said, all the members of the Antarctic base had their duties.
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My job is to find out for myself.
Lee Jang-woo also reported the news.
“I can understand that the salad container is late… … . Finding a job on your own is a bit embarrassing, isn’t it?”
“No, it’s not as difficult as I thought.”
“It’s not difficult. What are you going to do?”
We set foot in Antarctica to grow crops. But the salad container hasn’t arrived yet.
I wanted to try growing crops without a salad container.
“I plan to grow crops.”
“You grow crops without a salad container?”
Lee Jang-woo opened his eyes wide and asked.
“There are crops that can be grown without a salad container.”
“what is that?”
“Before that, I have something to check.”
“Confirm?”
I went to the kitchen with Lee Jang-woo.
Chef Eun Jae-min welcomed me.
“It is still before dinner. If you are hungry, there are cup noodles in the break room.”
“I didn’t come here because I was hungry.”
“Then what happened?”
I remember the welcome party on the first day.
There were hardly any vegetables.
The steak, shrimp, and tuna eaten that day were all prepared from frozen food.
“I’m curious about how you eat vegetables.”
Eun Jae-min took an envelope from the shelf.
“I use freeze-dried vegetables. In summer, fresh vegetables sometimes come in. It cannot be stored for a long time due to its nature.”
“Have you ever grown vegetables at the base?”
“Actually, I tried it once… … .”
Eun Jae-min looked at the plastic bucket in the corner of the kitchen.
What he was trying to cultivate was bean sprouts.
It was expected.
Bean sprouts are easy to grow, so they can also be grown at home.
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My mother also grew bean sprouts at home.
“It failed gracefully.”
Eun Jaemin sighed and said.
I was curious as to the cause of the failure.
Because I also wanted to grow bean sprouts.
Jang-woo Lee also seemed to understand my intentions.
We listened to Eun Jae-min.
“I think it was because of the temperature. At night, only the dormitory is heated.”
When growing bean sprouts, temperature was important.
The optimum temperature for growing bean sprouts is 22 degrees.
It was the reason he failed to grow bean sprouts.
The base’s kitchen could not maintain that temperature.
Temperature was not the only cause of failure. Bean sprouts had to be watered periodically.
At the base, water is a precious resource. Water could not be used carelessly to grow bean sprouts.
I wanted to find a way to solve both problems at once.
“Are there beans in the kitchen?”
“If there is soybeans, there are plenty of them. But wasn’t it that we were growing salads, not sprouts?”
Eun Jae-min asked with curious eyes.
I told him that the salad container was delayed due to bad weather.
“Then you are thinking of growing bean sprouts before the salad container arrives?”
“yes. I plan to grow bean sprouts.”
“Is that possible?”
Eun Jae-min tilted his head.
“You have to try. Are there any appliances in the base that are not usable?”
“If that’s the case, you can find out if you ask the general affairs team.”
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On the way to the general affairs group, Lee Jang-woo asked.
“I know you are planning to grow bean sprouts, but is it possible without equipment?”
“Bean sprouts do not require a lot of equipment. As long as you adjust the temperature and water, you can grow it.”
“Are you saying it’s possible without light? The salad container uses an LED light source, right?”
“You don’t need light to grow sprouts. Rather, it should cover the light.”
“Really? I didn’t know that.”
Bean sprouts are crops that can be grown without light. On the contrary, if it is exposed to light, the product quality decreases.
The yellow hair turns green, and the characteristic fishy smell of bean sprouts vibrates. Moreover, it is so chewy that it is difficult to even eat it.
I asked the general manager if there were any household appliances that could not be used.
He also told him that he plans to make a bean sprout grower using home appliances.
His face brightened when he heard the word growing bean sprouts.
“If we succeed, can we eat bean sprout soup at the base?”
“You can eat anything you want.”
“There are home appliances in the warehouse that are not usable. Unused items are taken to Chile for disposal. I can’t leave it here. The warehouse is full of things.”
The commander-in-chief smiled and said.
He said that unused electronic products from the base are taken to Punta Arenas for disposal, and he will collect all of them soon.
It was interlocked with the arrival of the salad container.
The general secretary led us to the warehouse.
A variety of home appliances, from computer monitors to radios, were piled up in the warehouse.
As he said, the amount of stuff was quite good.
“You can use everything here.”
The head of the general secretary said heartily.
In the warehouse, only me and Lee Jang-woo remained.
Lee Jang-woo said looking at the broken appliances.
“It’s like rummaging through a garbage dump.”
“It’s not garbage, it’s the ingredients to make bean sprouts growers.”
“I will find out. But what can I find?”
“I think a commercial refrigerator would be good.”
“The refrigerator… … .”
I was thinking of turning the refrigerator into a hot cabinet.
Unlike domestic refrigerators, commercial refrigerators are made of stainless steel.
It is a good structure to spray water from the inside.
“Is this okay?”
Jang-Woo Lee found something in the corner of the warehouse.
“Good!”
There really was a commercial refrigerator. The inside is also made of stainless steel. It was the thing I wanted.
Jangwoo Lee checked the condition.
“The refrigeration system is broken.”
“It’s the perfect thing for us. We have to make a hot pot.”
“If you want to make a hot pot, you have to put a heating wire inside.”
“I saw a hot wire for freeze protection in the power plant. You can use it.”
“When did you see the heat rays?”
“I watched it beforehand. You might need it in a salad container.”
“Yeah, the president is different.”
I took out the refrigerator from the warehouse with Lee Jang-woo.
We moved the refrigerator into the base.
Then, Captain Kim Do-gi opened the door and came in.
seemed to have finished work.
he looked at me and asked
“What are you doing?”
“I am working.”
Captain Kim Do-gi tilted his head. It’s a face that doesn’t know what’s going on.
told him
“I’m trying to make a bean sprout grower.”
“Bean sprouts?”
“I plan to start growing bean sprouts before salad containers arrive.”
“Looks like I’m eating bean sprout soup in Antarctica.”
“You can’t just eat bean sprouts soup, you have to cook fish stew and eat bean sprouts rice.”
“I never imagined it would be steamed fish at the Antarctic Base.”
Captain Kim Do-gi burst out laughing. The other crew members laughed as well.
I wanted to complete the bean sprout growing machine as soon as possible.
Bean sprouts could be harvested quickly if only cultivation was completed.
Bean sprouts grow rapidly in 2-3 days after the start of cultivation.
I could eat it in 5-6 days.
started working in earnest.
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In Antarctica, in a year, a crew consumes close to a ton of food.
Including water and beverages.
Except for rice, which is the staple food, canned fish and fruits are used. Frozen meats and dried foods are also important foods.
Food and all supplies for research are brought in by icebreakers and aircraft.
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No crops could be grown in Antarctica.
That was until I came.
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I started making bean sprouts growers with Jangwoo Lee.
I used a broken refrigerator to make a bean sprout growing machine.
The stainless steel refrigerator, which had lost its refrigeration function, had to be transformed into a hot storage cabinet for growing bean sprouts.
Bean sprouts are crops that are highly affected by temperature.
In the early stages of growth, the temperature should be maintained at 18 degrees. If the temperature is too high in the early stages of growth, it is prone to spoilage.
Keep the temperature at 18 degrees for 2 days, then raise the temperature to 20 degrees. This is the process of making the roots thick. After that, keep it at 22 degrees to promote growth.
“I put all the heating wires in the grower.”
Jangwoo Lee connected the heating wire inside the cultivation machine. An electronic thermometer was installed so that the internal temperature could be checked.
“Now we need to create a watering system for the sprouts.”
“A watering system?”
While Jangwoo Lee was installing the heating wire, I was thinking about the watering system.
I found a way to conserve water as much as possible.
After much deliberation, I got the answer.
I pulled out a blueprint of the watering system.
Lee Jang-woo looked at the drawing for a long time.
It was like he was putting a drawing in his head.
“It’s a structure that sprays water from the inside of the bean sprout growing machine.”
“It’s a structure that pumps water up and sprays it. No wasted water like a salad container.”
“Are you pumping up the water and spraying it, then pulling up the water that has accumulated on the floor again? That’s a good idea. I can be an engineer, not a farmer.”
“Touching a machine can’t keep up with you.”
Lee Jang-woo smiled pleasantly at the compliment.
It is an automatic watering system using a pump.
It is designed in a structure that does not waste water as much as possible.
Water is the second most important factor in growing bean sprouts after temperature. It should be watered at least once every 3 to 4 hours.
If it was equipped with an automatic watering system, it could be a perfect bean sprouts grower.
“Then, if I just attach a pump, is it complete?”
“I think we can grow bean sprouts right away if we install a watering system.”
“But where do you get the pump?”
“I already saved it.”
“It’s fast.”
I handed the pump and hose to Lee Jang-woo.
It was an item obtained from the engineer in charge of the water facility. I had an extra pump ready just in case.
The size of the pumps also varied. I picked the smallest of them.
It was just the right size for the grower.
“You just need to make a watering system according to the design, and in the meantime, I have work to do.”
“What are you going to do?”
“To prepare beans for the grower.”
“I forgot the most important thing. You need beans to grow sprouts.”
Lee Jang-woo said with a cheerful face.
It’s time to leave the workplace.
“Are you going to leave the camera like this?”
Lee Jang-woo looked at the camera and asked.
The camera was fixed in the workshop. The process so far has been covered.
“To leave it alone. I also take pictures of you working.”
Lee Jang-woo put on a funny expression.
“Can you turn it off if it’s uncomfortable?”
“no, that’s fine. Leave it alone.”
Images taken in Antarctica will be valuable in the future. Through the broadcast, it was possible to inform the skills of the farmers in Jirisan.
It was also believed that it would play a big role in raising large-scale funding.
Jang-woo Lee also knew it, so he took the inconvenience.
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I met Chef Eun Jae-min in the kitchen.
He had something to give him.
“This is the soybean requested by Mr. Deokmyeong.”