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Marion 77 light candles to start 2021!

The Marion 77 Overwintering team celebrated Christmas and New Years eve with a few activities. The one action that will stay with our SANAP community...

September Friday Freelancer – Mariëtte Wheeler

Mariëtte Wheeler – regular freelancer for Antarctic Legacy of South Africa was born and bred a proud Pretorian girl. But my passion for the ocean developed throughout my childhood as my grandparents lived in Knysna. In my late teens I found myself staring at the...

Saturday Student: Rudzani Silima

Rudzani Silima (Rudzi) have from a young age, always known that she would pursue a career in environmental conservation and science. “I grew up in the very small town of Louis Trichardt, surrounded by nature. Having a great attitude in subjects such as science,...

Friday Freelancer : Sydney Cullis

Sydney Cullis’s hobby turned out to be a bonus for the preservation of the Legacy of South Africa in the Antarctic region. " It all started in 1993 when our son, James, was in Matric he had to produce a talk for one of the school societies and, as the...

Friday Freelancer : Jess Verheul

Jess Verheul grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa and has always had an affinity for the outdoors, wild and remote places, exploring, surviving and adventuring. She believes she might have been inspired and influenced by her grandparents being farmers; “we spent...

Wednesday Women: Bettine van Vuuren

I completed all my science degrees at the University of Pretoria after some time at Wits studying law. I was fortunate to be appointed at Stellenbosch University in 2000, spent 2001 in France, and returned to Stellenbosch University in 2002 where I worked first as...