A journey to the white continent: science and survival in Antarctica – Chronicle of a scientific expedition at the edge of the planet

Francesc Josep Castanyer Mallol invites us to discover the secrets of a scientific journey to the white continent: months of prior preparation, training, risks, and complex logistics to work in an extreme environment, during the height of the COVID period, which forced us into days of confinement and to face unexpected food restrictions. We will discover what a scientific base in Antarctica is like, the daily life within that vast icy landscape, and the biodiversity that manages to endure there. Finally, we will explore the science we carried out to understand how plants survive in such a harsh environment.