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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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