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First wedding for Antarctic chapel

Polar field guides Tom Sylvester and Julie Baum were joined by 20 fellow researchers for the two-day celebration on Adelaide Island, west of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Ms Baum, from Yoxall, said: "Over the last ten years, Tom and I have been working and travelling around the world. Getting married in Antarctica feels like it was meant to be.

"There is no better place really. I love snowy mountains and spending time in amazing places with awesome people."

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The couple tied the knot at the chapel of the Rothera Research Station in a service presided over by British Antarctic Territory (BAT) Magistrate Paul Samways.

Mr Sylvester said: "Antarctica is an incredibly beautiful place and we have made such great friends here.

"We have always wanted to have a small personal wedding, but never imagined we'd be able to get married in one of the most remote places on earth."

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The couple, who have been together for eleven years, were chosen last year to work at the Rothera station as researchers with the British Antarctic Survey.

The marriage, which is valid in the UK, is the first to take place since the BAT marriage law was change last year, making it easier for services to be organised on the remote territory.

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