Government shutdown heads south; Antarctic stations shuttered

Published October 8, 2013 9:37pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government shutdown is reaching all the way down to the South Pole.

The National Science Foundation announced Tuesday that it is putting its three Antarctic scientific stations in deep freeze just as scientists are starting to arrive for the start of a new research season.

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