South Africa's Antarctic Testing

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Crisis in Antarctica: can science teams ever prepare for isolated assignments?

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South Africa has a tight regime for scientists wanting to overwinter’ in Antarctica .

The 13-month assignment to an isolated research base on the top of a cliff edge is, as the environment ministry drily puts it, “testing” Average annual temperatures are -16C but drop much lower during the winter darkness.

South Africa’s environment ministry says the situation is now calm at the Sanae IV base.

A previous experiment had ended in a scandal when a Canadian scientist accused a male colleague of forcibly kissing her.

The continent has even been called “White Mars” because of its desolation.

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