European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Now York times Cooks at the South pole faced with the ultimate test of culinary skills at least can boast of the world s largest deep freeze the outdoors. For Antarctica meals a key ingredient is imagination by Charlotte Evans new York times living at Lake Hoare in Antarctica is the ultimate test of culinary skills. Situated in the Taylor Valley Inland from Mcmurdo sound it has no plants or animals to speak of not Evena 24-hour vegetable stand. That does t seem to daunt George m. Doc Simmons jr., a biologist from the Virginia polytechnic Institute and state University in Blacksburg whose Field Camp stands on the Lake s Edge. During the summer season his ninth on the ice Simmons and six colleagues melted dive holes through 11 feet of ice to collect samples from the Bottom of the Lake to determine its physical and chemical composition. When the Day s diving was done they turned to the physical and chemical composition of the pantry. The pantry constructed of plywood shelves Hung on ropes was tucked into a Corner of a heated Wood and fabric Structure called a Jamesway. It was a snack heaven Candy and Granola bars mixed nuts and beef Jerky sardines and tuna. For meals however a key ingredient out there has always been imagination. Take the soup made by or. Robert a. Wharton or. Of the atmospheric sciences Center at the desert research Institute in Reno Nev. Navy helicopter pilots who make Supply runs to Lake Hoare from Mcmurdo station the main . Center in Antarctica have been known to make rude remarks about the soup s Vintage. For his part Wharton in t talking. Still it can be reported that what appeared to be a soup of kidney Beans leftover hamburger leftover Spaghetti canned peas and Chili sauce perfumed with pesto made a surprisingly palatable dish. Pesto in Antarctica not exactly. Since the pantry shelves yielded no Olive Oil Wharton used equal amounts of Wesson Oil and butter to which he added several fistfuls of dried Basil and a hefty helping of powdered garlic. Forget the Pine nuts there Are none thereabouts. Instead a Little Parmesan cheese did the trick. When it comes to Steak each researcher is on his or her own. First get the steaks from the Continental size Freezer just outside the door and place them on a piece of foil. Then add whatever you like. Simmons favors onions canned Salsa and tuna for his Hoof and  or. Rocco Mancinelli who is with the Nasa Ames research Center in California sometimes adds Garbanzo Beans. Canned mushrooms and a Little butter Are popular Salmon and sardines Are not unheard of. Fold the foil tightly. Place the steaks on an Oil fuelled heating unit called a pre Way which is an oven size Box with vents on top and a pipe that juts through the Jamesway roof. Wait an hour. Or two. What you invariably get is sort of a Steak roast according to Linton Leary Simmons s Volunteer or. Fix it. In Many instances the Steak can even be Cut with a Fork. Leary who runs an equipment rental business in Radford va., specializes in desserts including Blueberry Cobbler. First he deposits canned blueberries in a cake pan and tops them with a lattice of Bisquick biscuit flour. No matter that the Bisquick recipe club offer on the Side of the package expired in 1983. Then he streaks the lattice with a frosting called amaretto divinity a gift from a Friend. Covering the assemblage with foil he puts it on the pre Way for seven hours. The Bisquick never Cooks All the Way through but everybody agrees that the result is Yum Yum the Lake Hoare equivalent of four stars. Then there is fish  Start with halibut steaks fresh from the Freezer wrapped them in foil and thaw them on the pre Way. Concoct a Stock using powdered milk canned tomatoes hot sauce oregano and garlic. To this add boiled potatoes and carrots the halibut canned mushrooms and canned Bacon from Hungary. Finally the Soupcon that makes the difference Between Good and great a Pinch of Tang and a shot of tequila a combination called int. Better known As a Nightcap than As a Stew enhancer the original Tang and tequila cocktail was the creation of de Lamoureux one of Simmons s assistants. His Fame in Lake Hoare until now rested on his cookie consumption rate which colleagues judged to be beyond scientific measure. Place a spoonful or two of Tang in a Large cup of freshly boiled water. Add a shot or two of tequila do not Cool. Yum  vigils intensify at ice Clad volcanoes by Walter Sullivan new York times Illions of people in North and South America live in the Shadow of Snow Clad volcanoes some of them ominously astir. Three years ago one of them erupted in Colombia the melting Snow that ran Down its Mountainside left 25,000 people buried under deadly mud slides. The Volcano Nevado Del Ruiz began spewing Ash again in March. But now the Mountain is dotted with measuring devices and warning systems. Officials Hope that this monitoring system the Only one of its Type in South America will give sufficient warning of the next eruption to allow people to escape. With the possible exception of mount St. Helens in the state of Washington no other Volcano in the Western hemisphere is being watched so elaborately said Stanley Williams of Louisiana state University in Baton Rouge an authority on Nevado Del Ruiz. To make such monitoring available when other volcanoes seem about to erupt the . Geological Survey and the Agency for International development have established a Volcano Early warning and disaster assistance program. According to Norman Banks of the geological Survey s Observatory near mount St. Helens the project s chief organizer the seven member team is poised and ready to set up its surveying seismic geochemical safety and communications devices. They have in effect an Observatory in crates ready to be airlifted to any threatening Volcano. Hundreds of volcanoes have been formed As the Pacific floor Burrows under the americas from mount Rainier in Washington to Southern Chile. There Are 38 potentially Active ones in Colombia alone said Williams. While devastating recent eruptions have occurred at Rabaul on the Island of new Britain mount Pagan in the Mariana islands and Mayon Volcano in the Philippines the focus of the crisis assistance project is now on the americas and Caribbean. Fears Are particularly great about those like Nevado Del Ruiz whose Steep ice covered slopes can feed mud slides like those that buried the towns of Armero and Chinchiva three years ago. For two months Early this year its earthquakes increased radically. Then during four Days in March an eruption it. Rainier United states. It. St. Helens United states North America Nevado Del re Colombia Pacific Ocean covered the nearby City of Manizales with up to an Inch of Ash. Now said Williams it is daily belching out 1,500 metric tons of Fulfur dioxide. This said Williams in a recent Telephone interview is at least 10 times the output of that noxious Gas that occurred after the eruption of mount St. Helens in 1980. Although mount St. Helens erupted in a sparsely inhabited area 60 people were killed and geologists were awakened to the vulnerability of cities near ice covered volcanoes. The estimated Fulfur dioxide total for Ruiz based on observations from space by Toms the total Ozone mapping spectrometer was about 2.5 million metric tons for the first three years after its eruption. The output of that Gas has led some geologists to believe it is coming from a very Large accumulation of molten Rock still resting 6 to 10 Miles under Rui raising fears of a new eruption. In 1986 Inge Minas the geologic Agency of Colombia established an Observatory in Manizales. Recently Williams and Hansjurgen Meyer of Colombia organized a workshop there at which 30 specialists from eight countries compared their findings on the Volcano. Some expressed fears that a new eruption might be More violent than in 1985. Saturday july 2, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 17