Norway native finds job — in Antarctica

Some might say the U.P. isn’t really that far from Antarctica in terms of climate and isolation, but a Norway native is finding out for sure with his new job as a chef working with the U.S. Antarctic Program.

Excerpt: It’s a long way from the Upper Peninsula to Antarctica, but chef Jason Backlund has blazed a trail.??A native of the small town of Norway, Backlund is a 2005 graduate of Northwestern Michigan College’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute.

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Source: Traverse City Record Eagle