Investigators will travel to Antarctica after claims of sexual assault at U.S. bases

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Investigators with the National Science Foundation's watchdog office are heading to Antarctica in response to longtime allegations of sexual misconduct at U.S. research stations there — which the NSF director has described as a "pervasive problem."

Special agents are expected to arrive Monday at McMurdo Station, the largest research hub on the continent where hundreds of scientists conduct fieldwork.

For the next two weeks, agents will investigate a host of claims plaguing the bases that includes "aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, and stalking," according to Lisa Vonder Haar, the chief of staff for the NSF's inspector general.