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Marion Island ‘power crisis’ — single generator clings to life as relief ship dawdles

South Africa

Marion Island ‘power crisis’ — single generator clings to life as relief ship dawdles

By Tiara Walters

Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence and space stations could face the same challenges

Maverick Life

Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence and space stations could face the same challenges

By Rebecca Kaiser and Hanne E F Nielsen

Fact Check: No, SA’s Antarctic research station isn’t a ‘giant tree stump from before the Flood’

Africa

Fact Check: No, SA’s Antarctic research station isn’t a ‘giant tree stump from before the Flood’

By Tiara Walters

A place of extremes: Whiteout, the horror of too much light

Magazine

A place of extremes: Whiteout, the horror of too much light

By Don Pinnock