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Stuart Gillespie

Newton Stewart man organises Burns Supper - in Antarctica

A Newton Stewart man has helped organise a continent’s biggest ever Burns Supper.

Rob Kerr was one of around 140 people – including 50 Scots – at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica who celebrated the life of Robert Burns on Saturday at what is believed to be the world’s most southerly knees-up.

Haggis was transported aboard the UK’s state-of-the-art exploration ship RRS Sir David Attenborough to help mark the Bard’s birthday.

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