This is how we make drinking water in Antarctica. Many people think the process should be as simple as melting snow but it’s not quite that easy. While some stations (like the South Pole) need to melt snow to produce drinking water, we have an ocean out the front with lots of water in it. Antarctica is the world’s largest desert and where Scott base is located doesn’t actually get much snow. We use a process called reverse osmosis to convert sea water to drinking water by passing it through a pl