Marion Island Newsletter – June 2021 edition now available

by Anche Louw | Jul 10, 2021 | Announcement, Marion Island, Marion Island Newsletters, News, Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAP, sub-Antarctic | 0 comments

In this edition:

Meet the 78th Marion Island Overwintering Team (2021 – 2022)
New killer whale calf
Sealer, Frikkie van der Vyver, spot another Porbeagle shark on beach
Midwinter 2021 celebration
and more…

Click here to download this issue of The Wanderer.

Click here to view all The Wanderers (Marion Island newsletters) available on the ALSA Archive (since 1976).

Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 10 July 2021

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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 to the 79th Marion Island overwintering team.

This is the team's official team photo.

Check out the link in the bio for more info and arrival pics taken by the SAPRI research coordinators.
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#MarionIsland #M79 #Marion79

Welcome home!! The S.A. Agulhas II is currently

Welcome home!!

The S.A. Agulhas II is currently in the Port of Cape Town, Cruise Terminal.

After spending 13 months in the cold, harsh, windy sub-Antarctic, Marion79 team members are soaking up some sun, before going through passport control.

After customs the ship will move in to East Pie, where family, friends and colleagues will be waiting.

📸Thanks for sharing Jufter Munyai (Team Leader and Base Engineer, M79).

L-R: Michael Ross (MIMMP Sealer), Lucy Smyth (MAPRU Birder), Jufter, Monica Leitner (MIMMP Whaler) and Elsa van Ginkel (MFM).
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#MarionIsland #M79 #Marion79 #CapeTown #TableMountain

S.A. Agulhas II Update ETA in the Port of Cape T

S.A. Agulhas II Update

ETA in the Port of Cape Town
🗓18 May 2023, between 8:00 and 10:00

Image: captured earlier this week by David Hedding, somewhere in the Southern Ocean, between Marion Island and Cape Town.

🔵SAPRI News We were at the Department of Botan

🔵SAPRI News
We were at the Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University today, where the South African Polar Research Infrastucture, Data Products and Society (DPS) Node is hosted.

DPS, together with ALSA, the SAPRI Manager, SAPRI Research Coordinators and SAEON Science Engagement Officers discussed the SAPRI Science Engagement and the way forward.
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#SAPRI #SApolarRI #ScienceEngagement #SAEON #DPS

Marion Island Takeover 2023 🌡️South African

Marion Island Takeover 2023
🌡️South African Weather Service (𝐒𝐀𝐖𝐒)

The S.A. Agulhas II is currently on her way back to Cape Town, after a successful takeover at the sub-Antarctic Marion Island.

The SAWS team shared some images of their first moments on the island.

📷1: M80 meets M79. L-R: Thendo Sikhwari (M79 Senior Met Tech), Kelly Mogotsi (M80 Senior Met Tech), Odwa Obose (M80 Assistant Met Tech), Ndaedzo Nthulani (M80 Assistant Met Tech) and Tanga Tshitavhe (M79 Assistant Met Tech).
📷2: M80 meets M79. L-R: Kelly, Odwa, Ndaedzo, Tanga and Sihle Faltein (M79 Assistant Met Tech).
📷3: M80 launching their first Upper Air Ascent. L-R: Kelly, Odwa, Arnold Magabane (Technical Team) and Ndaedzo.

Thanks for sharing @kellyladii!
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#MarionIsland #subAntarctic #Weather #WeatherObservations #SAWS #weatherballoon #Overwintering #Marion79 #M79 #Marion80 #M89 #UpperAir #radiosonde #WeatherData #SANAP

📯Marion Island takeover function (10 May 2023)

📯Marion Island takeover function (10 May 2023)

50% of the #Gough65 (2019-2020) team reunionited on Marion Island.
One of them was on M79, three now on the M80 team (staying behind on the island), and one part of the takeover team.

L-R: Dylan Seaton (M80 Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme Field Assistant), Errol Julies (Assistant Departmental Coordinating Officer #DFFE), Michelle Risi (MAPRU Marine Apex Predator Research Unit Field Assistant), Thendo Sikhwari (South African Weather Service Senior Meteorological Technician and Christopher Jones (MAPRU Field Assistant).

Takeover function: this is a semi-formal function where the official duties of the outgoing team are handed over to the new team. Everyone on the island attends the function.

📷Thanks for sharing Michelle Risi!
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#MarionIsland #subAntarctic #GoughIsland #SouthAtlantic #Islandhoppers #reunionited #G65 #Gough65 #M79 #Marion79 #Marion80 #M80 #SANAP #Overwintering @michelle_on_marion_island

Update from Marion Island The S.A. Agulhas II wi

Update from Marion Island

The S.A. Agulhas II will depart from the island tonight.

ETA in Port of Cape Town: 18 May 2023

📸credit: @michelle_on_marion_island
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#MarionIsland #M79 #Marion79 #SAAgulhasII #saagulhas2

SANAE 61 - official team photos The S61 team has

SANAE 61 - official team photos

The S61 team has joined the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (on the archive)!

We got hold of the 61st SANAE overwintering team's team photos S61 has returned to Cape Town February 2023.

L-R (Back): Mfezeko Rataza (SANSA Radar/VLF Engineer), Aphiwe Dyum (Communications Engineer), Thobani Mabaso (SANSA Electronics Engineer), Thulani Ngwaqa (Mechanical Engineer, Deputy Team Leader and Technical Team Leader), Maanda Mulaudzi (Electro-Mechanical Technician); (front) John Skelete (Diesel Mechanic), JC Laubscher (Medical Doctor and Team Leader), Sicelo Mthethwa (Diesel Mechanic) and Eric Randall (Senior Meteorological Technician).

Swipe right to see the display of their team photos inside the South African National Antarctic Expedition station - SANAE IV.

📸A big thanks to the current team's SANSA Engineer @d.j.vanwyk for sending the pics!
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#SANAEIV #SANAE #Antarctica #SAonAntarctica #SANAP #OverwinteringTeam #SANAE61 #S61 #SANSA

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