A member of the South African Research Team on an isolated basis in Antarctica was placed under Psychological evaluation After colleagues accused him of physical assault and sexual harassment, Government officials said.
SANA IV-based situation is the first reported in South Africa Weekly times of the newspaper, which said that she saw an email from a team member to the authorities that declare themselves to help.
The e-mail claimed that man attacked the base leader and made a death threat, the behavior that the team member described as if he had “escalated at a point that is deeply disturbing.” A team member is expressed by email “Deeply concerned about my safety” and “I am constantly wondering if I can become the next victim.”
The Ministry of Environment of South Africa, which oversees research missions, responded to the report in the Monday evening.
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The alleged attack reported on 27. February, states the Ministry. Officials and advisors have remotely intervened “mediate and renew relations in the basis”, speaking with nine team members almost daily, said a statement.
“The alleged perpetrator was attentively participating in further psychological evaluation, he showed Kajanja and willingly,” the Ministry said, adding that he wrote a formal apology to the victim of the alleged attack.
View of Frozen Sea from Queen Maud Land. (Canus / Ullstein Bild Via Getty Images, File)
The investigation also looks at alleged sexual harassment, although reports on Sexual attack They were false, the Ministry said. No team members were identified, and officials did not say that none of the incidents need any member of the team to return to Cape Town.
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Team that includes Scientists, doctor and engineers, Arrived in the remote base 1. February and is expected to stay for about 13 months, authorities said.
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The base is on the cliff in Queen Maud land and is surrounded by an icy icy leather, more than 2,785 miles from South Africa.
Penguins walk on the coast of Bahia Almirantazgo on Antarctica on January 27, 2015. years. (AP Photo / Natacha PROSRENKO, File)
The team will endure living in the nearby neighborhood through the enemy Antarctic winter, which is six months of darkness starting from June.
The Ministry stated that each team member passes evaluations, including psychological and medicine, to ensure that they can handle the “extreme nature of the Environmental Environment in Antarctica”.
“Although all estimates and evaluations show no areas, it is not uncommon to arrive at the extremely remote areas where the scientific bases are found,” the initial adaptation of the environment is stated.
The associated press contributed to this report.
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2025-03-18 17:35:00
