r/antarctica • u/RemmLah • 7d ago

Request An Odd Request - bread clips!

Hello! I have been collecting bread clips (or occlupanids, see [r/occlupanids](r/occlupanids)) for a while now and wanted to see if anyone could make my strange little dream come true. A while back I saw that HORG (the Holotypic Occlupaid Research Group, the main researching body for bread clips) was sent a bread clip from Antartica and I was wondering if I could do the very same via the post! No worries if no one is able to help me out, but do PM if you could! Any kind will do, I am mainly in the market of attempting to collect all kinds of bread clips from different places! Right now I have numerous from all over the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and others! 🍞

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u/Hill_Observer UTMB ate my son 7d ago edited 7d ago

From the HORG Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/p/DTkIHQ4FPpY)

“ Occlupanids from the South Pole. A diverse clattering of 34 specimens were delivered to HORG by field researchers Z. Mills and A. Barden while stationed at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, during the austral winter of 2025. Scientists have not yet found any species endemic to the continent. It is theorized that these specimens had likely migrated from North America or New Zealand. Nevertheless, it is a great day in science, thanks to this heroic survey of a true occlupanological frontier.”

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u/RemmLah 7d ago

yes! this is the post in question and it can be found on the HORG instagram :D

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u/Hill_Observer UTMB ate my son 7d ago

Ah, now I’ve found it, thank you. I’m not at McMurdo right now, but I will be next summer if all goes well. So, if nobody else sends you any, I can send you some in 13 months or so :)

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u/RemmLah 7d ago

might take you up on that! thanks 😊