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Sub-Antarctic, Marion Island 🎉𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩

Sub-Antarctic, Marion Island
🎉𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 Monica Leitner
🦭 @_marionseals field assistant on the 79th MI team.

Learn more about the #MIMMP here: https://www.marionseals.com/
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#MarionIsland #subAntarctic #M79 #MarineMammals #Marion79

🎭Fundraiser for Mouse-Free Marion MFM: Eradica

🎭Fundraiser for Mouse-Free Marion

MFM: Eradication project that aims to clear Marion Island of the invasive house mice, that are attacking and killing threatened seabird species on the island - check out link in the bio!
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#Repost - @mousefreemarion

Inspired by the enthusiasm shown by the knowledgeable bird guides and passionate speakers aboard Flock to Marion, Tessa Donnellan (13) and James Bebbington (12) have taken up the challenge to help raise awareness for the plight of seabirds at Marion Island.

The children, with help from their parents, are hoping to encourage support for the Mouse-Free Marion Project and will be holding a fundraiser along with Zip Zap Circus.

Zip-Zap Circus is an acrobatics and circus school based in Cape Town, with a mission to empower young people as well as bridge socio-economic gaps.

The family-friendly ‘SLAPSTICK’ show will be held on the 27th of August at the Zip-Zap Dome in Cape Town. Tickets will be sold on Quicket with the proceeds being split between Zip-Zap and Mouse-Free Marion.
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#MouseFreeMarion #MarionIsland #subantarctic #invasivespecies #mouse #seabirdconservation #FlocktoMarion #flocktomarion2022 #wanderingalbatross

GOUGH ISLAND/TRISTAN DA CUNHA ETD: 18 August 202

GOUGH ISLAND/TRISTAN DA CUNHA

ETD: 18 August 2022

📷: Ben van der Walt

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#GoughIsland #TristanDaCunha #G67 #Gough67 #G68 #Gough68 #SAAgulhasII

We asked Elsa why she wanted to be part of the ove

We asked Elsa why she wanted to be part of the overwintering team on Marion Island?
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#MarionIsland #subAntarctic #M79 #Marion79 #MFM #MouseFreeMarion #Plants #Soil #InvasiveSpecies #subantarcticislands #eradication #islanderadication #MiceEradication #FieldAssistant #FieldResearcher

NEWS 🧁Birthday Celebration today on Marion Isla

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🧁Birthday Celebration today on Marion Island.

Happy Birthday to Elsa van Ginkel. She is working on the Mouse-Free Marion project (in collaboration with the Department of Plant And Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria), conducting research on House Mice and their effects on Marion Island.

This is Elsa's second time as part of an overwintering team, she was also part of #Marion75 (UP Field Assistant - Botany).
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#MarionIsland #subAntarctic #M79 #Marion79 #MFM #MouseFreeMarion #Plants #Soil #InvasiveSpecies #subantarcticislands #eradication #islanderadication #MiceEradication #FieldAssistant #FieldResearcher

🇦🇶 NEWS Birthday Celebration at the 🇿🇦

🇦🇶 NEWS
Birthday Celebration at the 🇿🇦 Antarctic Station, SANAE IV.

Happy Birthday to Maanda Mulaudzi, Electro-Mechanical Technician (Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment appointed) on the current overwintering team.
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#Repost - @mousefreemarion by @get_regrammer Happy

#Repost - @mousefreemarion by @get_regrammer
Happy National Women's Day from the Mouse-Free Marion Project

#DYK that even though the first human landings at Marion Island took place in the 1800s followed by about 150 years of visits, it wasn’t until 1959 that Hazel Watt became the first woman to step foot on Marion Island. Hazel was the wife of a radio technician stationed on the island and was allowed to "spend a few hours at the weather station".

Following from this brief visit, it was two decades before the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) included women in its annual expeditions, at first only initially aboard ship, and then for short relief visits on the island. The first South African female scientist to go ashore on Marion Island was Pamela Laycock in September 1979. The first women to spend a full year on Marion as part of an over-wintering team were biologists Marita Cawood and Marianna Steenkamp in 1986.

Since the mid-1990s women have thankfully become regular members of over-wintering teams (including as scientists, meteorologists. medical orderlies and team leaders). However, it was not until 2003 that meteorologist Samantha Linnerts over-wintered as the first woman of colour.

Currently, there are 7 women taking part in the overwintering team at Marion Island, including research assistants appointed to advance planning and preparations for the Mouse-Free Marion Project.

Read more about these and other remarkable women in Marion Island's history at the News link in our bio.

Photo: SANAP oceanographer Pamela Laycock goes ashore for a day visit only on 13 September 1979

#nationalwomensday #princeedwardislands #mousefreemarion #SouthAfricanwomen

09 August 2022 - 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑵𝒂𝒕

09 August 2022 - 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚

from the women at Antarctic Legacy of South Africa.

This year's theme is: “𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰-𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦”.
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#nationalwomensday2022 #NWD2022 #PolarWomen #WomeninStem #womeninAntarcticScience @polarwomen

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