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Team stuck at remote Antarctica base emailed that one of them is violent and threatened murder

Team stuck at remote Antarctica base emailed that one of them is violent and threatened murder

Allan Rose Hill
Mar 17, 2025
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image: Dr Ross Hofmeyr (CC BY-SA 3.0)

A researcher at South Africa's Sanae IV base in remote Antarctica emailed their government that one of the team had become physically violent and made death threats.

The 10-person team is stationed there until December. An early departure would require a challenging emergency evacuation to either a German or Norway ba…

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