Gough Island is located at 40°S, 9°W – 2600 km from East Pier, Cape Town Harbour. (Image above by Christopher Jones currently onthe Island) South Africa has been operating a weather station on Gough Island since 1956. The first overwintering team consists of 4...
Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries : Media Statement - 15 September 2020 : SA Agulhas II will depart for Gough Island under strict health protocols: The 2020 annual SA Agulhas II relief voyage to Gough Island will depart on 17 September 2020...
A friend of mine once told me that I am a borne civil servant, and it turns out she was right. Although I got accepted at the University of the Free State to study civil engineering after I matriculated, at the time my parents lacked the financial means for me to...
Otto Whitehead is an ecologist who enjoys making films about people and nature. The Antartic Legacy of South Africa(ALSA) shows his video’s during public lectures and South Africa National Antarctic programme (SANAP) overwinter team training . These video’s and...
In this edition: So what does a Meteorological Technician do? So close, yet so far... 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...
“World Heritage Day or the International Day of Monuments and Sites has always been an occasion to reflect upon - and often visit - heritage sites that are important to us. This year,...
East Pier Shed, East Pier Lane,
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town,
South Africa
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