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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lily Ford

Same-sex couple ‘proud to be part of history’ after Antarctic wedding

Two RRS Sir David Attenborough crew members have become the first same-sex couple to marry in the British Antarctic territory.

Stewards Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter, 41 and 49, have been together for two decades, and have travelled the world together on different ships, before tying the knot in the BAT this week.

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