Russia plans to create food bases to supply residents of the Arctic regions. One of the activities of scientists is the development of products enriched with elements that are scarce in the Arctic, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
The optimal food storage system can be similar to Toll warehouses to be stored for decades without losing nutritional value.
The food warehouse was organized during the 1900-1902 polar expedition led by Baron Eduard Toll. The participants of the expedition laid a batch of products in a small ice cavity at Cape Depot. They were found by another expedition 73 years later, and, to the surprise of polar explorers and scientists, the reserves turned out to be suitable for food – among them were tea, chocolate, crackers, sugar and 48 cans of canned meat.
From that moment on, a long-term experiment began, during which all sorts of modern products are brought to the warehouse in order to find out how long they can remain suitable for consumption. Recently, the range of products stored in Toll's warehouse has become increasingly specialized – these are army rations, whey and concentrates.
According to the results of laboratory studies, scientists have made recommendations on which products can be stored for decades, and which will not last more than five to six years. Scientists have also found that the optimal depth for storing food is about two meters.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
