As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the ...

Antarctica is a harsh continent, which in both history and fiction can trigger disturbing behavior and even madness.

FILE: The South African National Antarctic Expedition research base, SANAE IV, at Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Picture: Dr Ross Hofmeyr, Wildmedic (talk) 14:41, 17 August 2008 (UTC ...

Lodrick Hlungwane and friends at the Sanae IV base. Lodrick Hlungwane / Newsweek "He couldn't integrate with people, he was always locking himself in his cabin when we came back on the ship.

McMurdo Station, the largest research base in Antarctica. The isolated, icy continent is home to 44 such international bases, including Sanae IV, where an alleged sexual harassment and physical ...

Peter Doran, doing research in Antarctica and standing alongside an icy mountain. @LSUGeology/X A South African scientist on a two month expedition at the SANAE IV base recently snapped, made ...

An incident at the SANAE IV base has raised concerns after a male scientist allegedly assaulted another team member, shocking the close-knit research group stationed in one of the most isolated ...

It’s an extremely difficult environment," he added. The SANAE IV base, built in 1997, consists of three two-story blocks. Block A houses laboratories, accommodation, and a hospital wing.

The short video shows members of an Antarctic expedition running out of the Sanae IV base as alarms blare. Dressed in full winter protective gear, three people flee into the white landscape as ...

Earlier this week, reports emerged that a scientist at South Africa’s SANAE IV Antarctic research base had accused a colleague of physical assault. We research Antarctic governance and crime in ...

The SANAE IV base is some 4,000km (2,500 miles) from South Africa, 80km (50 miles) “inland” from the edge of the continent’s eastern Queen Maud Land region.

The unnamed male team member at the remote Sanae IV base was accused of attacking one of the South African crew's nine researchers, threatening to kill another, and sexually assaulting two women.