Trapped Antarctic scientists beg for rescue after team member ‘sexually assaults & threatens to kill colleagues’ at base

SCIENTISTS trapped in Antarctica have pleaded to be rescued after claiming one of their colleagues threatened to kill another member of the team.

A South African research group at the remote Sanae IV base has also accused the same person of sexually assaulting someone.

Crew on the South African Antarctic research base Sanae IV have pleaded to be rescuedSouth African National Antarctic Programme

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