For most of the year, South Africa's SANAE IV research station is one of the most isolated places on Earth: cut off from the rest of the world in the Antarctic for up to 10 months at a time and ...

A tense situation among members of an isolated base in Antarctica could foretell conflicts among astronauts on a long distance journey to Mars.

A South African scientist on a two month expedition at the SANAE IV base recently snapped, made death threats and assaulted his colleagues after bad weather meant they would be stuck there longer ...

A group of South African scientists has pleaded for help, saying they are trapped in an isolated base on a cliff edge in Antarctica with a team member who has become violent.

An incident at the SANAE IV base has raised concerns after a male scientist allegedly assaulted another team member, shocking the close-knit research group stationed in one of the most isolated ...

Recent allegations of violence at the SANAE IV Antarctic research base highlight the urgent need to improve safety in remote and extreme places.

Issues among the staff at the SANAE IV base first surfaced in an email to authorities from one team member pleading for help. The email was obtained by the South African newspaper the Sunday Times.

The problems at the SANAE IV base were first reported by South Africa's Sunday Times newspaper, which said it had seen an email from a team member to authorities last month claiming the man had ...

The South African government is “considering options” after an unnamed researcher sent a distress message last month from South Africa's Sanae IV research base in Antarctica. In the email ...