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Antarctica hosted its first gay wedding when a same-sex couple working onboard the polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough got married on Sunday. Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter work as stewards on the polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough. Photo: British Antarctic Survey/ Rich Turner.Eric and Stephen work as stewards on the research ship and have been together for 20 years.
The wedding was attended by around 120 guests comprised of the ship’s crew and the team at Rothera. Captain Will Whatley, Master of RRS Sir David Attenborough, told the BBC that it was an “honour” to officiate the wedding ceremony.Captain Will Whatley, Master of RRS Sir David Attenborough, officiated the first gay wedding in the British Antarctic Territory.
Photo: British Antarctic Survey/ Rich Turner.Before leaving for Antarctica, the couple had got their wedding rings engraved with ’67 34′ S 68 08′ W’ – the geographical coordinates of their wedding ceremony.Around 120 guests, comprising of the ship’s crew and Rothera research team members attended Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter’s wedding. Photo: British Antarctic Survey/ Rich Turner.Eric told the BBC that they considered themselves “very lucky to be able to live and work in such an incredible community and place together.” Stephen added that when the couple realised that they both would be in Antarctica “it felt like the perfect place for us to finally tie the knot.”The couple will celebrate the wedding with their friends later this year in Spain.Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter the first gay couple to get married in British Antarctic Territory hitch a ride on their unusual wedding vehicle.
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Two RRS Sir David Attenborough crew members have made history after becoming the first same-sex couple to marry in the British Antarctic Territory. Stewards Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter, 41 and 49, are both experienced seafarers and have travelled the world together on a variety of ships.
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