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More than half of all crew at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctic ice station catch Coronavirus - despite being in one of the most remote places on the globe

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More than half of the scientists at a remote Antarctic research station have been infected with Covid-19 and are in isolation. 

The Princess Elizabeth Polar Station has reported that 16 of the 25 crew have caught the virus since the first reported case on December 14.  

All members of staff at the facility have been vaccinated and all tested negative before joining the station. 

The virus was able to infect workers at the station which is one of the most remote locations in the world.   

None of those infected have reported any serious illness and nobody has yet asked to be evacuated from the ice station. 

Joseph Cheek, a project manager with the International Polar Foundation told the BBC: 'The situation isn't dramatic.

'While it has been an inconvenience to have to quarantine certain members of the staff who caught the virus, it hasn't significantly affected our work at the station overall.”