Sunday Spotlight, ADVISORY

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The following story will move Saturday as this week's Sunday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:

ANTARCTICA-KEEPING COVID-FREE

Antarctica remains the only continent without COVID-19. Now, as nearly 1,000 scientists and others who wintered over on the ice are seeing the sun for the first time in months, a global effort wants to make sure incoming colleagues don’t bring the virus with them. One worker has been at a British research station since before the pandemic and calls Antarctica “our safe little bubble.” It’s a reversal from pre-coronavirus days when long-term isolation, self-reliance and psychological strain were the norm for Antarctic teams while the rest of the world saw their life as fascinatingly extreme. By Cara Anna and Nick Perry. UPCOMING: 1,260 words, photos, map.

—The AP