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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Clun

Thousands of miles from home and -75C cold: Life is tough in Antarctica even before death threats from scientists

The Sanae IV research centre in Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land - (Dr Ross Hofmeyr/Wikipedia)

Around 2,500 miles from home and facing increasingly colder and darker conditions, life in an Antarctic research station is tough at the best of times.

But at South Africa’s Sanae IV in Vesleskarvet scientists have faced an extra challenge - alleged death threats from a colleague.

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