Researcher "Threatened to Kill" Colleagues Trapped in Antarctic Base

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Things seem to be going nightmarishly bad at an isolated scientific base in Antarctica, where a researcher has been accused of assaulting and threatening to murder colleagues.

As England's The Times reports, an unnamed researcher sent down to the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE IV), a scientific base on Norway's Queen Maud Land region of the frozen continent where climate-tracking experiments are conducted, allegedly threatened the life of one of his colleagues and sexually assaulted another.

The minister added that an initial investigation into the matter found that the person who did the assault did not have "dangerous intentions," whatever that means.

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Author / Journalist: Noor Al-Sibai

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesAntarcticaGermanyNorwaySouth Africa

Topics: South africa Scientists Anarctica Climate research Hard Science

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Published On: 2025-03-17 @ 18:33:20 (1 days ago)

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