The 60th South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) team returned to Cape Town.
Departure to Antarctica: 25 December 2020.
Arrival in Cape Town: 29 January 2022.
- Kagiso Malepe (Communications and Team Leader)
- Vanessa Naidoo (Doctor and Deputy Team Leader)
- Christopher Gray (SANSA VLF and RADAR Engineer)
- Donald Makena (Mechanical Engineer)
- Gerard (Boy) Oppel (Senior Meteorologist)
- Lodrick Hlungwane (Electrical Engineer)
- Marlon Metcalf (Diesel Mechanic)
- Matthew Spoor (SANSA RADAR Engineer)
- Selby (Bongie) Buthelezi (Diesel Mechanic)
SANAE 60 official team photo
ALSA's PI, Ria Olivier, was at East Pier for the arrival of the S.A. Agulhas II on Saturday, 29 January 2022. She posted arrival updates on social media throughout the day.
Click here to read the address by Mr Ashley Naidoo, Acting Deputy Director-General: Oceans and Coasts, delivered on the day of the 60th SANAE team departure to Antarctica.
Click here to read about the arrival of the S.A. Agulhas II at Penguin Bukta, Antarctica by Prof Annie Bekker of the Sound & Vibration Research Group of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University.
Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 31 January 2022.