"Alleged Antarctic Assailant Relocated to Isolated Icefield with Inexperienced Students"

Documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal that a man accused of assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was subsequently sent to a remote icefield to protect a professor and three young graduate students, where he remained for a week after a warrant for his arrest was issued. The National Science Foundation (NSF) declined to comment on why the man was sent to the field while under investigation, raising further questions about decision-making within the U.S. Antarctic Program. This comes after an AP investigation uncovered a pattern of sexual harassment and assault claims being minimized by employers at McMurdo Station. The NSF's watchdog office is now expanding its investigative mission to include crimes such as sexual assault and stalking. The man has pleaded not guilty and the case is set to go to trial.