Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.

And you live in a hut together where there are basically two rooms ... Getting in the first time is difficult, but since so few people have Antarctica work experience it’s easier to keep ...

A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa’s isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused ... countries have teams working there? Where does South Africa fit ...

Lodrick Hlungwane at the Sanae IV base in Antarctica ... the target of everyone," he said. "There's bound to be a bit of fights or bit of dislikes among the people because one time she's spending ...

‘Some can’t handle the isolation, the extreme weather, the perspective you lose when you can’t judge distances in the whiteness’: The Sanae IV research station in Antarctica - South Africa ...

This number drops to around 1,000 during the winter months. There are no permanent residents in Antarctica, but people do live and work there all the year round. Tasks include releasing a weather ...

While the Southern Hemisphere contains 10%–12% of the world's population, most people there live near the equator. The only ...

He said the Earth was entering the "first hot period" for 60 million years, when there was no ... ice was left on Earth. Antarctica was the best place for mammals to live, and the rest of the ...