The 79th Marion Island overwintering team arrived on Marion Island on 21 April 2022. They are back in Cape Town, after spending 386 days on the island and 6 nights on the S.A. Agulhas II for the journey home. If you want to know more about the work this...
October and November were two enormously busy months. The elephant seals’ breeding season came to an abrupt end and immediately shifted to the moulting season. Brown skua nests and small chicks have started to appear widespread across the island. Flowers are...
The 79th Marion Island Overwintering team has compiled their 3rd newsletter, filled with interesting stories and fascinating photography! In this edition: Meet the Diesel Mechanic, Ecologist and Medical Orderly...
Read inside this issue of the Wanderer Letter from the editors and news from our team leader Interviews - Meet the Leadership Fashionable field gear Circle of life - part 2: Change is inevitable Three musketeers - A decade and more to come Mouse-free Marion - a...
The first newsletter of Marion 79 is now available online! Inside this issue meet the team members, page through their memories and read more about: Circle of Life Do a tour of the Base; the Butternut Hotel The little Chomper - Sub-Antarctic fur seal pups Take-over...
The 78th Marion Island Overwintering Team has only about 3 months left on the island. This team is working hard and truly making the best of their island experience. They share some news from the island, from the last two months, in their fourth newsletter. In this...
East Pier Shed, East Pier Lane,
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town,
South Africa
