# The ultimate in frozen food: polar explorer's food store found

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 1, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-in-frozen-food-polar-explorers-food-store-found/479447 "2009-01-01T05:25:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-in-frozen-food-polar-explorers-food-store-found/479447/1 "2009-01-01T05:25:49Z")

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[Link](http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24860645-5013605,00.html)

I wonder if it would be remotely edible?

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-in-frozen-food-polar-explorers-food-store-found/479447/2 "2009-01-01T06:11:43Z")

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In theory, yes. Stalin was supposed to have eaten part of a mammoth that had been found frozen in Siberia, and caches of walrus and seal meat that were stashed by eskimos have been found a century or more after they were first buried. The meat was said to be not exactly tasty, but still edible.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-in-frozen-food-polar-explorers-food-store-found/479447/3 "2009-01-01T06:21:13Z")

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Freezer burn!

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-in-frozen-food-polar-explorers-food-store-found/479447/4 "2009-01-01T07:12:16Z")

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I was reading the engrossing account of the men who laid the explosive charges on the Norwegian heavy water plants. I lost interest reading about the vitamin values of reindeer eyeballs.

I shan’t be visiting this thread again.

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**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-in-frozen-food-polar-explorers-food-store-found/479447/5 "2009-01-01T16:38:57Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> … I lost interest reading about the vitamin values of reindeer eyeballs.
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Buckeyes?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-in-frozen-food-polar-explorers-food-store-found/479447/6 "2009-01-01T17:34:38Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> I lost interest reading about the vitamin values of reindeer eyeballs.

I always miss the good stuff. ☹