Research Projects - South African National Antarctic Programme

Research Projects.

Research opportunities

Current Projects.

Research Project	Affiliation	Principal Investigator
SEAmester-South Africa's Floating University	UCT	Prof IJ Ansorge
The Digital SA Agulhas II - Flagship for Vessel 4.0	SU	Prof A Bekker
On-island impacts of climate change on the Southern Ocean’s iconic seabirds.	UCT	Dr S Cunningham
The biological carbon pump in a changing Southern Ocean.	UCT	Dr SE Fawcett
Micronutrient and pollutant trace elements at the air-sea interface of the Southern Ocean	UJ	Dr S Fietz
Crustal evolution of Dronning Maud Land	UJ	Dr G Grantham
Marion Island mouSe Ecology (MISE)	UP	Prof M Greve
Ecogenomics	UJ	Prof B van Vuuren
SANAE HF radar	SANSA	Prof MJ Kosch
South African Antarctic Artists and Writers Programme (AWP) Pilot	UP	Dr CM Lavery
Polar Space Weather Studies	SANSA	Dr SI Lotz
Interactive effects of multiple stressors and environmental change on seabird breeding performance	DFFE	Dr A B Makhado
Decoding the mercury cycle in the Southern Ocean: in situ observations and advanced modeling	SAWS	Mr L Martin
Landscape and climate interactions	UFH	Prof W Nel
Marion Island Top Predator Long-Term Observations	SAEON	Mr A A Nguna
Southern Ocean Carbon-Heat Nexus: mixed-layer processes & feedbacks for improved climate projections	CSIR	Dr S Nicholson
Antarctic Legacy of South Africa	SU	Ms R Olivier
Growth dynamics of sea ice and how they affect the sea ice mechanics	UCT	T Rampai
Sea	SU	Dr E M Rudolph
ECOSOPHY - Emergent constraints on Southern Ocean phytoplankton physiology	CSIR	Dr T Ryan-Keogh
Structural Glaciological Analysis of North-Western Antarctic Ice Shelf (SANAS)	UCT	Dr S Skatulla
Provenance and paleomagnetics of the rocks of the Grunehogna Craton in Western Dronning Maud Land	UJ	Dr H van Niekerk
Antarctic MIZ Observations: Interdisciplinary approaches to resolve seasonal sea-ice variability	UCT	Ms R Verrinder

Previous Research Projects

Research opportunities

Previous Projects.

Research has been done since South Africa’s involvement in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. See below research projects within SANAP, since 2010. The South African Journal on Antarctic Research (SAJAR) is available on the Antarctic Legacy database. This scientific journal consists of research articles by scientists and researchers within the programme.