Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists » gorp http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gorpmatic http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/gorpmatic/ http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/gorpmatic/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:56:06 +0000 Exploratorium Crew http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1342 MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA– (By Ron Hipschman) Solomon helps remote field camps with food. Today we found him making up one of the most important foods – gorp. Check out the cool tool he uses to mix the tasty treat.

For those who are unfamiliar, gorp – often called “trail mix” – is a combination of nuts, dried fruit, and M&M’s or chocolate chips. High energy and high calorie is just what the doctor orders for hard-working field workers.



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