Thousands of miles from home and -75C cold: Life is tough in Antarctica even before death threats from scientists
After scientists at the South African Sanae IV research station pleaded for help, Rachel Clun speaks to an expert about the ...
'Like a horror movie': Scientist reveals chilling truth about Antarctica base
A geologist returning from SANAE IV base in Antarctica revealed severe psychological challenges among crew members, including ...
Researchers at Antarctic station where team member ‘threatened to kill colleague’ previously made a horror film
Researchers at Antarctic station where team member ‘threatened to kill colleague’ previously made a horror film - The current ...
Antarctica scientist accused of assault breaks silence after researchers beg to leave base
Researchers at South Africa's remote Sanae IV base had urged their bosses to let them leave or remove the scientist after he ...
Map Shows What Antarctica Will Look Like Without Ice
Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...
Scientists in Antarctica: Why they're there and what they've found
A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one ...
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South Africa’s Antarctica base hit by assault claims: What happened?
Reports of assault were first reported last weekend by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, which claimed to have seen a ...
Fear at isolated Antarctica base as a man is accused of attacking a colleague and making threats
South African officials say a member of a research team at an isolated Antarctica base has been put under psychological ...
Polar scares: assault in the Antarctic
There are about 10,000 scientists stationed in Antarctica during the summer but, in the harsh winter, that number drops to ...
Research team member at isolated Antarctica base accused of attacking colleague, sexual harassment
South Africa is investigating after a member of a research team at an isolated station in Antarctica was accused of physical ...
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Midwinter Day in Antarctica, the shortest and darkest of the year
On Tuesday 21 June researchers and operational staff at BAS’ King Edward Point, Bird Island and Rothera Research Station took part in a decades old tradition to mark the Antarctic Winter Solstice.
Why Don't Planes Fly Over Antarctica?
In 1929, Richard Byrd became the first pilot to fly an airplane over the South Pole. With fewer restrictions and capabilities ...