At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers now banned from buying alcohol at bars

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At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers now banned from buying alcohol at bars

Starting in October, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency overseeing the research program decided to stop serving alcohol. The National Science Foundation says researchers and support staff can still buy a weekly ration of alcohol from the McMurdo Station store. But the changes could prove significant because the bars have been central to social …