One of them is a madman — accused of violently beating, threatening and sexually harassed at least two of his teammates.
A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one ...
Recent allegations of violence at the SANAE IV Antarctic research base highlight the urgent need to improve safety in remote ...
"The map gives us a clear view of the white continent as if its 27 million cubic km of ice have been removed, revealing the ...
Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...
An international scientific voyage, comprising 60 researchers from 30 different countries (including Argentina), has set off from South Africa on a three-month tour of the Antarctic to study the ...
The Antarctic is often romanticised, but when people realise what’s waiting for them… well, there’s not a lot of people who feel they’re up to it,” says South African geologist Dr Herman Van Niekerk.