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Democracy Dies in Darkness

One continent remains untouched by the coronavirus: Antarctica

March 24, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EDT
An aerial view of Casey Station in the Australian Antarctic Division. (Nisha Harris/Australian Antarctic Division/Reuters)

One continent has not yet confirmed a case of the novel coronavirus. It’s a place of barren ice, where the all-consuming cold and darkness of winter is fast approaching.

Over the past few months, some 4,000 people from around the world have watched from Antarctica as the coronavirus pandemic, which began in Wuhan, China, swept around the globe, reaching all but its southernmost reaches.