The main US base in Antarctica has two bars, and come Sunday, they will stop serving alcohol. The National Science Foundation said the change at McMurdo Station is about morale and welfare. But it comes amid accusations of sexual harassment and assault at McMurdo, as host Marco Werman explains.
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