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Due South: A Christian in the Antarctic

Mr Martin Varley

What is the least evangelised country in the world? Africa, Asia, South America, the lands of the 10/40 window? The countries of the former Soviet Union? True, these are all poorly reached countries, but let me put forward another destination.

A continent barren not only spiritually, but also physically: Antarctica. 26 countries contribute towards a summer population of 10,000 in small bases on the world's most remote continent and yet in all but a few cases, such as at the American bases where chaplains are included on the staff, God's representation is conspicuous only by its absence.