Antarctica gets 'taste of summer' as watermelons bloom in coldest place on Earth
August is the coldest winter month at the arctic station Vostok, when temperatures average nearly 92 degrees below zero.
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August is the coldest winter month at the arctic station Vostok, when temperatures average nearly 92 degrees below zero.
In an astonishing feat of agriculture, scientists have achieved the remarkable milestone of cultivating watermelons in the seemingly inhospitable terrain of Antarctica. This groundbreaking endeavour took place at the Vostok Station, a year-round Russian research facility situated at the Pole of Cold, according to Live Science. This locale has earned its name due to its classification as the coldest spot on Earth, where temperatures plummet to a bone-chilling minus 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 89.2 degrees Celsius).
Russian scientists have succeeded in growing watermelons in the coldest place on the planet – at the Antarctic station Vostok - using panoponics or soilless technology, Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) said on Monday.
Scientists in Antarctica did the unimaginable: They grew a bounty of watermelons while living on the ice-cold continent.
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