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.
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- Kagiso Malepe (Communications and Team Leader)
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- Vanessa Naidoo (Doctor and Deputy Team Leader)
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- Christopher Gray (SANSA VLF and RADAR Engineer)
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- Donald Makena (Mechanical Engineer)
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- Gerard (Boy) Oppel (Senior Meteorologist)
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- Lodrick Hlungwane (Electrical Engineer)
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- Marlon Metcalf (Diesel Mechanic)
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- Matthew Spoor (SANSA RADAR Engineer)
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- Selby (Bongie) Buthelezi (Diesel Mechanic)
SANAE 60 official team photo
Chuma Phumoli (Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries) welcoming back Captain Knowledge Bengu, crew onboard the vessel, take-over personnel, ship based scientists and especially SANAE 60.
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.
