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Watch History meets todays Present Day in the Hunt for Shackleton’s Endurance.
In an article in January 2019 you were introduced to the South Africans on the Weddell Sea Expedition with the S. A. Agulhas II. Many scientific articles have since been published and a lot of...
Marion Island Newsletter December 2020 – Now Available
In this edition: Meet the small team of 8 members - they were the 'original' M77 Thereafter field assistants and a film crew were able to join the team - meet the complete 77th Marion Island...
S.A. Agulhas II arrived at Penguin Bukta.
After stormy weather at the dawn of 2021, the SA Agulhas II arrived at Penguin Bukta at 11h30 UTC on 4 January! This year the vessel entered notable ice cover at 67° 50' S. It was mostly easy going...
Marion 77 light candles to start 2021!
The Marion 77 Overwintering team celebrated Christmas and New Years eve with a few activities. [video width="854" height="480"...
SANAE60 on its way to Antarctica.
SANAE 60 departed on 25 December at 22:20 from Cape Town harbour to Antarctica. Address by Mr Ashley Naidoo, Acting Deputy Director-General: Oceans and Coasts On the Departure of the SA...
Cabinet approves the Antarctic and Southern Ocean strategy for South Africa
Media Release by the Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries -13 December 2020 Cabinet has approved South Africa’s Antarctic and Southern Ocean Strategy (ASOS) to provide for the...
SANAP projects 2021-2023
See more detail of project here. This schedule will be update on the SANAP website under research in January 2021.
Biogeochemistry Research Infrastructure Platform – Director position available
The Biogeochemistry Research Infrastructure Platform (BIOGRIP) was established in 2019 in terms of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap, a high-level research strategy of the national...
Watch History meets todays Present Day in the Hunt for Shackleton’s Endurance.
In an article in January 2019 you were introduced to the South Africans on the Weddell Sea Expedition with the S. A. Agulhas II. Many scientific articles have since been published and a lot of research has been done with samples taken during this expedition. Since...
Marion Island Newsletter December 2020 – Now Available
In this edition: Meet the small team of 8 members - they were the 'original' M77 Thereafter field assistants and a film crew were able to join the team - meet the complete 77th Marion Island Overwintering Team and some members of the film crew Want to know how the...
S.A. Agulhas II arrived at Penguin Bukta.
After stormy weather at the dawn of 2021, the SA Agulhas II arrived at Penguin Bukta at 11h30 UTC on 4 January! This year the vessel entered notable ice cover at 67° 50' S. It was mostly easy going with some ramming during the early hours of 4 January. The later...
Marion 77 light candles to start 2021!
The Marion 77 Overwintering team celebrated Christmas and New Years eve with a few activities. The one action that will stay with our SANAP community is...
SANAE60 on its way to Antarctica.
SANAE 60 departed on 25 December at 22:20 from Cape Town harbour to Antarctica. Address by Mr Ashley Naidoo, Acting Deputy Director-General: Oceans and Coasts On the Departure of the SA Agulhas II to Antarctica, On Friday, 25 December 2020, Greetings...
Cabinet approves the Antarctic and Southern Ocean strategy for South Africa
Media Release by the Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries -13 December 2020 Cabinet has approved South Africa’s Antarctic and Southern Ocean Strategy (ASOS) to provide for the coordination and implementation of the Antarctic Treaties Act, relating to...
SANAP projects 2021-2023
See more detail of project here. This schedule will be update on the SANAP website under research in January 2021.
Biogeochemistry Research Infrastructure Platform – Director position available
The Biogeochemistry Research Infrastructure Platform (BIOGRIP) was established in 2019 in terms of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap, a high-level research strategy of the national government Department of Science and Innovation. ...
Marion 77 Overwintering team celebrating International Antarctica Day
Marion 77 overwintering celebrated Antarctica day by having a typical South...
Gough Island Newsletter November 2020 – Now Available
In this edition: Letter from the team leader Meet the team Read about the rescued crew from the MV Geo Searcher that sank just off Gough Island Birthday celebrations Take-over 2020 Meteorological operations and more... Click here to download this issue of the Gough...
Celebrating International Antarctica Day – 1 December.
International Antarctic Day is celebrated on the 1st December. On this day in 1959 the Antarctic Treaty was signed and South Africa was one of the original 12 treaty countries. Since 1959 South Africa has been part of this treaty and we have a presence on the...
Goodbye to Film Crew on Marion Island from Marion77.
During September, the Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries(DEFF) approved an International wildlife documentary series to be filmed on Marion Island. The film crew (Plimsoll Productions) together with scientists from South Africa left for Marion Island....
Early Career Opportunity with Weddell Sea Working Group
Dr. Sarah Fawcett of the Department of Oceanography at University of Cape Town is part of the Weddell Sea and Dronning Maud Land (WS-DML) Working Group (WG). A great opportunity for an early career scientist has become available within this group to become the APECS...
Electronics Engineer position available at Marion Island 2021/2022
Current engineer at Marion Island is Stephanus Schoeman: "One of the five Marion Island first-timers is SANSA Space Weather Engineer Stephanus Schoeman. He will monitor and maintain systems, report on the status of different instruments, and develop new hardware and...
2021-2022 Marion Island Applications Open
Applications now open for Marion Island 2021-2022 season. Visit the Jobs page to see vacancies. Applications close first week of November. Visit Gallery to see all Marion Team Photos and read more about the expedition and living on the...
SURVEY: Impacts of COVID-19 on Antarctic Research
The SCAR-Executive approved support for work to be undertaken by the Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences about the impacts of COVID-19 on Antarctic research and researchers. Should anyone wish to communicate with the community considering...
September Saturday Student: Heather Forrer
Heather Forrer completed her undergraduate BSc degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2015, majoring in Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences and Marine Biology. She then went on to complete her Honours degree at UCT in 2016 under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Fawcett...
September Friday Freelancer – Mariëtte Wheeler
Mariëtte Wheeler – regular freelancer for Antarctic Legacy of South Africa was born and bred a proud Pretorian girl. But my passion for the ocean developed throughout my childhood as my grandparents lived in Knysna. In my late teens I found myself staring at the...
GOUGH 66 departed for Gough Island on 19 September 2020.
Gough Island is located at 40°S, 9°W – 2600 km from East Pier, Cape Town Harbour. (Image above by Christopher Jones currently onthe Island) South Africa has been operating a weather station on Gough Island since 1956. The first overwintering team consists of 4 members...
DEFF: International Series to be filmed on Marion Island
Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries Media Release: International wildlife documentary series to be filmed on Marion Island - 16 September 2020 Following a rigorous approval process that involved key stakeholders, the Department of Environment,...
