by Fishgate@sanap | Sep 10, 2018 | Antarctica, Legacy, News
All available team newsletters now linked on the SANAP Website!
The 57th SANAE Overwintering team has already produced eight newsletters since their arrival at South Africa’s Antarctic research station (SANAE IV), last year December.
What you can expect from this team’s newsletters:
- The team’s preparation before their year on the ice? (December 2017 Issue).
- Meet the whole team and get to know the different team members in each newsletter.
- Learn more about the research conducted at SANAE IV.
- What exactly does North West University’s (NWU) Centre for Space Research (CSR) look at in Antarctica? (July 2018 Issue).
- Weather measurements for some months.
- Team sponsors are also mentioned at the back of each newsletter – on behalf of the team, thank you to all the sponsors. We truly hope that you will build a relationship with our overwinterers and support them annually.
For loads more interesting topics discussed by SANAE57 (Click here).
To see newsletters from previous SANAE teams as well as current and previous Marion Island and Gough Island Overwintering teams (Click here).
Author: Anche Louw (Antarctic Legacy of South Africa), 10 September 2018
by Fishgate@sanap | Sep 7, 2018 | Announcement, Gough Island, SA Agulhas II, Tristan da Cunha
All passengers and crew on-board the S.A Agulhas II have gone through customs and the ship departed from Cape Town harbour mid-morning today, 07 September 2018.
Destination: Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island.
Please click here to view the original voyage schedule – dates might change due to late departure.
Author: Anche Louw (Antarctic Legacy of South Africa), 07 September 2018
by Fishgate@sanap | Sep 6, 2018 | Announcement, Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha
The S.A. Agulhas II will not be leaving the harbour today.
This sailing schedule will be amended as soon as we have more information.
| DESTINATION | ETD CPT | ETA BASE | ETD BASE | ETA CPT | REMARKS |
| Tristan da Cunha | 06/09/2018 | | 14/09/2018 | | Voyage to Tristan da Cunha.
60 Hour stop-over to discharge cargo and passengers
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| Gough Island | | 15/09/2018 | | | Voyage to Gough Island
Offload passengers/cargo/fuel
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| Buoy run | | | 21/09/2018 | | 6 Day buoy deployment |
| Gough Island | | 27/09/2018 | 02/10/2018 | | Back-load cargo/passengers |
| Tristan da Cunha | | 03/10/2018 | 06/10/2018 | 11/10/2018 | 48 Hour stop-over at Tristan, back-load cargo/passengers.
Voyage to Cape Town
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S.A. Agulhas II Voyage Schedule – Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).
Author: Anche Louw (Antarctic Legacy of South Africa), 06 September 2018
by Fishgate@sanap | Sep 5, 2018 | Gough Island, News
| Name | Position |
| Xolani Nyawo | Communications Engineer - Team Leader |
| Michelle Risi | Birder - Deputy Team Leader |
| Alexis Osborne | Birder |
| Catherine Mokotji Mbazwana | Medic |
| Christopher Jones | Birder |
| Kabelo Moabi | Meteorologist |
| Karabo Mokwena | Meteorologist |
| Michael Ngengangimbi | Meteorologist |
| Innocent Mthetwa | Diesel Mechanic |
| Patrick Hlongwane | Electrician |
| Click here to meet the team. | |
Photo Credit: Michelle Risi (Gough64 Birder).
Author: Anche Louw (Antarctic Legacy of South Africa), 05 September 2018
by Fishgate@sanap | Aug 28, 2018 | Antarctica, Gough Island, Important Dates, Legacy, Marion Island, News, Southern Ocean
May you be inspired by the women within South Africa’s Antarctic Programme.
All the women that attended the 5th South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) Symposium, earlier this month in Hermanus.
Women sitting here have been dreaming about a career in science and science related positions within the South African National Antarctic Programme. These are all ordinary women, but due to ambition and extremely hard work they are, or are becoming the best in their fields of research.
There is an increasing trend with regards to female Principal Investigators (PI’s) within South Africa’s Antarctic Programme (See Figure below). Of the 29 DST-NRF funded research projects within SANAP (for the period of 2018 to 2020), the Principal Investigator for 13 of these are women.
Women are represented in all four research themes within SANAP (Themes: Earth Systems, Living Systems, Human Enterprise and Innovation: Southern Ocean and Antarctic technology and engineering). Read more about these themes in South Africa’s Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research Plan for 2014 to 2024 (Click here).
Who is the Principal Investigator (PI)
“A Principal Investigator is the primary individual responsible for the preparation, conduct, and administration of a research grant in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and institutional policy governing the conduct of sponsored research.” (www.umass.edu)
Women are represented in all four research themes within SANAP (Themes: Earth Systems, Living Systems, Human Enterprise and Innovation: Southern Ocean and Antarctic technology and engineering). Read more about these themes in South Africa’s Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research Plan for 2014 to 2024 (Click here).
To all the women who:
- are or have been principal investigators of research projects within SANAP;
- obtained an Honours, Master’s, PhD or Post-Doc through South Africa’s Antarctic programme (SANAP);
- still study to become a scientist through SANAP;
- worked on research vessels, studying towards a scientific degree;
- overwintered on Marion Island, Gough Island or SANAE (Antarctica);
- spent a take-over on Marion Island, Gough Island or SANAE (Antarctica);
- started their careers within South Africa’s Antarctic programme;
- work behind the scenes of the Antarctic Programme (DST, NRF and DEA);
- feel SANAP meant the world to them by being the stepping stone for their futures,
…may you keep inspiring women to become what they want to be!
Only a few of the ladies who are or were involved in SANAP.
Inspiring female SANAP Scientist: Prof Isabelle Ansorge (UCT, Department of Oceanography) – Read her inspiring story here!
Prof Isabelle Ansorge, as a young researchers, on the Marion cruise onboard the S.A. Agulhas I in 2003.
Author: Anché Louw (Antarctic Legacy of South Africa), 28 August 2018
