The 75th Marion Island Overwintering team departed on 06 April 2018 (click here to read more) and returned to Cape Town on the 15th of May 2019 (VIDEO).

Click on the link below and view their official team photo among the previous Marion Island overwintering teams.

Also visit the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Archive to view the team photo or team logo.

MARION 76 (2019-2020): Back (L-R) Laurie Johnson (Field Assistant – Seabirds), Samantha Schröder (Assistant Environmental Control Officer), Marius Rossouw (Assistant Meteorological Technician & Team Leader), Brent Misrole (Chef), Thabo Maroga (Base Engineer & Deputy Team Leader), Alain (AJ) Jacobs (Diesel Mechanic), Gerard (Boy) Oppel (Senior Meteorological Technician), Nita Pallett (Field Assistant – Physiology), Winnie Moodaley (Medical Orderly), Vumboni Msimango (Field Assistant – Sealer), Wendy Maiwashe (Field Assistant – Botany), Makabongwe Sigqala (Field Assistant - MAPRU Seabirds), Sithembile Mbonambi (Assistant Meteorological Technician), Jenna van Berkel (Field Assistant – Botany), Melissa Schulze (Field Assistant - MAPRU Seabirds); (front): Tavis Dalton (Fiels Assistant - Killer Whaler & Sealer), Arthur Mabunda (Electronics Engineer, SANSA), Janine Schoombie (Field Assistant - Wind Ecology), Stefan Schoombie (Field Assistant – Seabirds), Sean Evans (Field Assistant – Sealer), Lefa Morake (Field Assistant – Geomorphology), Aphiwe Dyum (Radio Technician), Mntambo Nakwa (Environmental Control Officer), Jelena Reljic (Field Assistant – Seabirds).

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MARION 76 (2019-2020)

Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 06 June 2019.

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