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SCAR Conference: South Africa’s representation at Business Meetings
SCAR Open Science Conference takes place from 27 July and this includes the Business Meetings on 27-29 July 2022, the conference from 1-5 August, and the delegates meeting on 5- 7 September.
The SCAR Open Science Conference, established 20 years ago, has in many ways become the premier activity of SCAR that supports its mission to promote and facilitate international Antarctic and Southern Ocean science. These biennial meetings have become fertile ground for the exchange of the latest and highest profile Antarctic research outcomes and a place where future collaborations are born. The biennial SCAR meetings are an opportunity for subsidiary groups to meet and conduct their business. For some groups this provides the time to develop and produce reports for the Delegates Meeting which follows the open science conference.
XXXVII SCAR DELEGATES MEETING takes place from 5- 7 September and the South African delegates are Prof Bettine van Vuuren (Chair of South African National Committee for SCAR) and Tracy Klarenbeek (director: NRF – Knowledge Advancement and Support)
Under SCAR’s Articles of Association, the Meeting of the Delegates may create subsidiary bodies to undertake certain aspects of the business of SCAR. Specified Subsidiary Bodies are:
- The Science Groups
- Geosciences – Prof Werner Nel
- Life Sciences – Prof Thulani Makhalanyane (representative), and Prof Bettine van Vuuren will also join the meeting.
- Physical Sciences – Prof Sarah Fawcett
- the Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System (SCATS),
- the Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI),
- the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM),
- the Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) – Ria Olivier (Representative), and Anche Louw will join the meeting.
We wish all successful business meetings and conference participation.
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Text compiled from the official SCAR2022 website.
Ria Olivier, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 26 July 2022
News from SANAE IV
In this edition:
- The team writes about the last sunset before winter
- Meet the most experienced member of the expedition team, diesel mechanic, John Manyatsa Skelete
- Weather: May and June 2022 – maximum and minimum pressure, temperature, humidity, wind gust.
Click here to read/download the MAY/JUNE 2022 newsletter!
Message from the SANAE 61 team leader on Antarctica, JC Laubscher:
“It is going well here at SANAE IV, it is just insanely cold outside (-40 degrees average). Luckily, the sun has peeked over the horizon today, after 33 days of absence. This is another expedition milestone reached! We’ve also passed the halfway mark of this expedition and we’re looking forward to the second half and of course summer!”
Click here to view all the newsletters SANAE 61 has published to this date.
Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 25 July 2022
Cruise opportunity December 2022
The National Research Foundation has been approached by the Switzerland-based Group, Polar Holdings AG, which has recently acquired both South African companies “Antarctic Logistics Centre International” and “The Antarctic Company” to assist in coordinating South African scientists on a possible circumnavigation expedition to Antarctica.
Vessel: RV Akademik Tryoshnikov
Departure: early December 2022 (approximately sixty (60 days) charter)
Number of berths available: approximately twenty (20)
Cruise Plan:
Departing from: Cape Town
Departing to: The AT will sail to the vicinity of the Neumeyer Station and end its expedition in the Ross Sea. The AT will then sail to Punta Arenas in Chile where participants will disembark.
Polar Holdings AG needs an indication of interest from the South African community before finalising the charter.
Expression of interest deadline: 28 July 2022
Click here for more information.
Text: Tracy Klarenbeek, Director: Knowledge Advancement and Support, National Research Foundation.
Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 25 July 2022.
SEAmester V – Meet the lecturers
South Africa’s 5th class afloat voyage, SEAmester V, is currently on the final leg home. On this last day on board the vessel, students are finishing up all deck work, and completing all projects and project presentations. There will be an art exhibition and farewell gathering later this evening.
This year, there were 21 lecturers involved in the SEAmester program.
Meet the lecturers of SEAmester V (2022)
SEAmester V – Meet the selected students
The S.A. Agulhas II is getting ready for departure on the 5th SEAmester cruise. The expected time of departure is today, 27 July 2022.
37 students from 14 national higher education institutions and 1 international institution, were selected for SA’s class afloat which is an 11-day marine science winter school onboard the S.A. Agulhas II. The cruise will take part along the South African coast and across the Agulhas current to the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Students will be exposed to hands-on ship-based deck activities, as well as traditional classroom lectures.
Places of origin – 31 of the 37 students indicated where they originally come from.
Meet the 37 students that were selected for this cruise:
* Note that only students presenting a negative Covid-19 PCR test will be permitted to board the vessel.
