Day was summer and Night was winter, when the food depots closed down in the northern regions and in most of the mountains.

His wife held a high-ranking job at the local food depot.

The crew knew that there was a food depot on Auckland Island.

The four crew hiked their way through rough terrain to reach Port Ross where they located the food depot and a boat.

He wore gloves, as he had since he'd first entered the vehicle - stolen from a food depot a hundred miles to the north.

Then he made himself leader of the small group, stormed a food depot and then withdrew into the ship's weapon centre.

They don't need to lock anyone up; all they have to do is lock the prisoners out of the food depot.

The food depots were so plentiful that he describes the polar plateau as "the fleshpots of Egypt. "

The building was empty at first and was later used as a food depot.

Despite initial optimism and a large food depot laid by an advance party, the trio soon struck harsh reality, Antarctica-style.