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Together through extreme isolation for months on end, wintering researchers in Antarctica develop close relationships—and, as one study found, a new way of talking, too. The BBC reports that over six months, staff members at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station slowly began to pronounce certain words differently, in a common accent that became more pronounced the longer they were secluded together. According to IFLScience, the continent has no permanent residents, but research outposts there rotate scientists and support staff throughout the year. While up to 5,000 people …