Many women who work at McMurdo Station, the main United States research base in Antarctica, say the isolated environment and macho culture have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish.

According to the NSF, most of the women who worked at the main US research base in Antarctica, the McMurdo Station, have been sexually harassed or assaulted in 2022.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Antarctica pact partners have set up a new protected geological site on the frozen continent in a bid to preserve rare minerals that could shed light on the region's history and ...

Liz Monahon says the isolated environment and macho culture at the US research centre in Antarctica are factors that have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish. Photo / AP WARNING ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The howling winds and perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter were easing to a frozen spring when mechanic Liz Monahon at McMurdo Station grabbed a hammer. If ...