L-R (Back) :, Bongisipho Kuali – Bongisipho Kuali – Mechanical Engineer, Travis Duck – Physicist (SANSA Engineer), Jacques Robbertze – Team Leader and Diesel Mechanic, Ewald Ferreira – Communications Engineer, Tshimangadzo Jufter Munyai – Electrical Engineer
(Front): Dr. Salomé Odendaal – Overwintering Team Doctor, Marvin Rankudu – Senior Meteorological Technician SAWS (South African Weather Services), Sanele Action Mkhize – Diesel Mechanic, Mpati Boleme- – Deputy Team Lead and Physicist (SANSA Engineer)
SANAE 58- our current overwintering team, official photo is now available on the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa’s digital archive. To see more SANAE team photos visit the archive and have a look at the first SANAE team that departed in 1959, these photos are also available on www.sanap.ac.za.
Mechanical Engineer and Technical Team Leader of S58;
wastewater treatment works at SANAE;
recreational activities at the base: Karaoke evenings at the South African National Antarctic Expedition station and more;
weather statistics of June 2019.
Team members of SANAE58 enjoying some outside time in the sun, after the long dark winter. L-R (Back): Travis Duck, Bongisipho Kuali, Jacques Robbertze, Mpati Boleme; (front) Dr. Salomé Odendaal, Tshimangadzo Munyai, Marvin Rankudu and Ewald Ferreira. Photo credit: Jacques Robbertze
Click here to download/view the SANAE IV Newsletter, July 2019 Edition.
Click here to view all the SANAE newsletters available on the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Archive.
Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 15 August 2019
August is a very special month for women in South Africa and this said we would like to salute women within the South African National Antarctic Programme.
SANAP is filled with strong women in Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. The programme also consist of a number of brave women overwintering at the South African research stations (Marion Island, Gough Island and Antarctica).
There are 29 National Research Foundation/Department of Science and Technology funded projects within SANAP and 13 of these are managed by women. This is evident that women definitely have a place within Antarctic research.
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) sends four volunteers to Antarctica every year. These volunteers assist with hard work (physically and mentally). The last take-over to Antarctica, three of the four South African National Space Agency (SANSA) volunteers were women.
During my trip to Antarctica earlier this year, I had the opportunity to meet a number of very inspiring women – in the video below, meet the three SANSA volunteers of the 2018/2019 Antarctic take-over and the new VLF (Very Low Frequency) SANSA Engineer, who is currently overwintering at the South African National Antarctic Expedition station (SANAE IV).
Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 13 August 2019.
