Oreo Completes World Domination With 5,000-Cookie Delivery to Antarctica

Palmer Station scientists get tasty surprise

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Amundsen and Scott could have used a delivery like this. Oreo has dramatically improved the tastiness of food in Antarctica by surprising scientists at the remote Palmer Station with 5,000 Oreo cookies—a stunt that brings the Mondelēz International brand's 100th anniversary celebrations to a close. The cookies were brought in on the expedition ship Le Boreal under the protection of luxury adventure travel company Abercrombie & Kent. There to greet them and accept the haul was Dr.

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