by Anché Louw | Apr 14, 2021 | Marion Island, News, Overwintering Team, SA Agulhas II, Take-Over Operations
The 78th Marion Island overwintering team has gone through some ups and downs. After two weeks of isolation and multiple Covid-19 tests, the team left Cape Town on 9 April at 19:34 onboard the SA Agulhas II with Captain Gavin Syndercombe. The team arrived at Marion Island on 13 April 2021. The Marion 78 team leader is Bubele Nongwejana (see below). He is also the Medical Orderly, taking over from Winnie Moodaley – current team leader and Medical Orderly of Marion 77.
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Bubele Nongwejana (Leader and Medical Orderly)
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Charles Thomas (Base Engineer)
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Rodney Phoko Matjoman (Diesel Mechanic)
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Siwe Khoza (Communications Engineer)
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Siyasanga Mpehle (Senior Meteorological Technician)
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Fanisa Phakula (Meteorological Technician)
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Tlhoholofatso (Steve) Tebele (Meteorological Technician)
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D.J Van Wyk (SANSA Engineer)
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Sanele Mkhonza (Environmental Control Officer)
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Sydney Tshilingalinga (Assistant Environmental Control Officer)
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Eleanor Weideman (Field Assistant – Seabird Conservation)
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Nivek Ghazi (UKZN Engineer)
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Danielle Conry (Field Assistant – Killer Whales)
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Zenande Kabase (Field Assistant – Geomorphology)
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Isabel Micklem (Field Assistant- Seabirds)
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Thando Cebekhulu (Field Assistant – Seabirds)
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Yinhla Shihlomule (Field Assistant – Sealer)
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Frikkie van der Vyver (Field Assistant – Sealer)
Three members of the 77th Marion overwintering team will be staying behind, forming part of Marion 78 (see last row above): Thando Cebekhulu, Yinhla Shihlomule and Frikkie van der Vyver. These members only joined Marion 77 in September 2020, due to Covid-19 restrictions (see post of Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme below).
Chief Scientist of this take-over is Prof Werner Nel (University of Fort Hare).
Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 14 April 2021
by Anché Louw | Apr 7, 2021 | Announcement, Marion Island, Marion Island Newsletters, News, Newsletters, Overwintering Team
In this edition:
- Letter from Team Leader/Medic – Winnie Moodaley
- Field Notes with Birder Thando Cebekhulu
- Round Island Adventures – Check out the images and experience the magical scenery with M77
- Understanding Weather with the M77 Senior Meteorological Technician Nkoane Mathabatha
- Analysing Scats with sealer Yinhla Shihlomule (perhaps not for the sensitive viewer)
- Weather According to Metkassies for January and February 2021
- Katie (part of the Plimsoll Film Crew) spends time in science
- Field Notes with Marine Apex Predator Research Unit (MAPRU) Birder Dani Keys
- Get an update from the weaner of the team (newbie – also the term used for newcomers to the island) – Leandri de Kock
For all this and more make sure to check out this edition of The Wanderer by the 77th Marion Island Overwintering Team.
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Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 07 April 2021
by Anché Louw | Jan 27, 2021 | Announcement, Marion Island, Marion Island Newsletters, News, Newsletters, Overwintering Team, sub-Antarctic, Team member
In this edition:
- Meet the small team of 8 members – they were the ‘original’ M77
- Thereafter field assistants and a film crew were able to join the team – meet the complete 77th Marion Island Overwintering Team and some members of the film crew
- Want to know how the weather treated the islanders the past few months?
- See some photos of the adventure from Cape Town to Marion Island – second part of the M77 team onboard the Pelagic Australis yacht
- Read some birding and sealing fieldwork stories
For all this and more make sure to check out this 1st edition of The Wanderer by the 77th Marion Island Overwintering Team.
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by Anché Louw | Dec 5, 2020 | Announcement, Gough Island Newsletters, News, Newsletters, Overwintering Team
In this edition:
- Letter from the team leader
- Meet the team
- Read about the rescued crew from the MV Geo Searcher that sank just off Gough Island
- Birthday celebrations
- Take-over 2020
- Meteorological operations
- and more…
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by Anché Louw | May 7, 2020 | Gough Island, Gough Island Newsletters, News, Newsletters, Overwintering Team
In this edition:
Gough65 Newsletter – Issue 3
- So what does a Meteorological Technician do?
- So close, yet so far…
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Living on a tiny rock in the South Atlantic during a global pandemic
- Going on an adventure — part II
- Life as a Communication and Electronics Engineer at Gough Base
- Gough Island Pool Tournament
- A brief history of Gough Island
- Cooking life on Gough
- From the Metkassies
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Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 07 May 2020.
