by Ria Olivier | Jul 25, 2022 | Announcement, Antarctica, News, Newsletters>SANAE Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAE, SANAP, Stations, Team member, Team Photo
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!”
VIDEO: Click here to see what happens when you throw out a bucket of boiling water when it’s ~ -30°C outside.
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Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 25 July 2022
by Ria Olivier | Jun 1, 2022 | Announcement, Antarctica, Engineering, News, Newsletters>SANAE Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAE, SANAP, Stations, Team member
In this edition:
- Sunsets on Antarctica
- Birthday celebrations
- Get to know the team’s SANSA (South African National Space Agency) HF Radar/ VLF Engineer – Mfezeko Rataza, who celebrated his birthday on 16 April.
What do you find most challenging about being in Antarctica?
Mfezeko: “The job involve learning about climbing techniques and rope work, because we have to go up these 30 meters antenna to service them whenever there is a breakage sometimes in very cold conditions ( -15 degrees). Imagine trying to tighten a nut with your bear hands when frostbite start to occur after 2-3 minutes exposure”.
Want to read more? Click here to download the April 2022 issue.
Images from S61 April Newsletter. “Fez (Mfezeko) with his SANSA team by the Antennas”.
Birthday Card to Mfezeko Rataza (S61 SANSA Engineer) from Antarctic Legacy of South Africa – 16 April 2022.
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Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 01 June 2022
by Ria Olivier | Apr 29, 2022 | Announcement, Antarctica, News, Newsletters>SANAE Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAE, Team member
The second SANAE61 newsletter is out!
In this edition:
- Get a quick catch-up from The Endurance (S61) editor, Maanda Mulaudzi
- Get to know the team’s Senior Meteorological Technician, Eric Randall
- Find out more about his work, how the Antarctic journey has been so far, and much more!
- This team cooks together, they have dinner together, they also have fun together. For fun, they have in house-tournaments such as the Pool Table Championship and in every newsletter, the current “King of the pool table” will be announced! See below the current ‘king’.
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Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 29 April 2022
by Ria Olivier | Mar 4, 2022 | Announcement, News, Newsletters>SANAE Newsletters, Overwintering Team, Stations, Team member
In this edition we meet the 9 team members of the 61st SANAE Overwintering Team:
- JC Laubscher (Doctor and Team Leader)
- Mfezeko Rataza (Electronic Engineer – South African National Space Agency)
- Read more about SANSA’s presence in Antarctica here.
- Maanda Mulaudzi (Electro-Mechanical Technician)
- John Manyatsa Skelete (Diesel Mechanic)
- Eric Randall (Snr Meteorological Technician – South African Weather Service)
- Thulani (Innovation) Ngwaqa (Mechanical Engineer/Base Engineer, Deputy Team Leader and Technical Team Leader)
- Innocent Sicelo Mthethwa (Diesel Mechanic)
- Aphiwe Dyum (Communications Engineer)
- Thobani Mabaso (HF Radar and Space Weather Engineer, South African National Space Agency)
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Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 04 March 2022
by Ria Olivier | Feb 2, 2022 | Announcement, Environment, Gough Island, News, Newsletters>Gough Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team, Team member
In this edition:
- Meet the 67th Gough Island Overwintering Team
- Prof Marthan Bester writes about Fur Seal pup weighing at Tristan da Cunha Islands (2009 – 2021)
- Read more about the Edinburgh ship – connecting Gough with the mainland
- More about the million breeding pairs of Great Shearwater birds on Gough Island
- Weather data of October, November, and December 2021
- Check out some great social gathering pictures!!
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Click here to view all The Gough Bunting (Gough Newsletters) available on the ALSA Archive.
Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 02 February 2022
by Ria Olivier | Jan 19, 2022 | Announcement, Jobs, Marion Island, Overwintering Team, Research, SANAP, Science, Stations, Team member
Do you have a BSc (Hons) degree in the ecological field? This might be an opportunity for you!
Two Ecological Field Assistants/Researchers needed for the 2022/2023 overwintering team on the South African, sub-Antarctic Marion Island.
This is an opportunity not the be missed!
Deadline: 21 January 2022.
Always keep an eye on the SANAP Jobs page, where all vacancies on Marion Island, Gough Island and Antarctica are advertised.
Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 19 January 2022.
