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Scientists say harassment in the Antarctic must stop — but US plan falls short

National Science Foundation pledges changes to address sexual harassment and assault in its Antarctic research programme.
  1. McKenzie Prillaman
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The nearby lookout by McMurdo Station in the background, with snow and sea and mountain landscape, and people in the distance.

Antarctica’s landscape draws researchers to visit, despite the isolation. Credit: Sam Walker/Alamy

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is taking steps to correct a problematic culture in its US Antarctic Program (USAP), after an August report revealed that sexual harassment and assault are commonplace. But some scientists aren’t sure that the agency’s action plan goes far enough.

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Nature 611, 647-648 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03723-3

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