New additions to the database will be announced on the webpage. The Mail & Guardian is a proud news publisher with roots stretching back 35 years, and we’ve survived right from day one thanks to the support of readers who value fiercely independent journalism that is beholden to no-one. Although Cape Town was the starting point of other countries’ Antarctic expeditions, the first South African expedition to the continent was launched only in the summer of 1959-1960. I hope to play an active role in research and conservation aspects within the marine sphere, particularly related to Marion Island.
I have spent 2 overwintering expeditions on Marion Island as part of the M71 (2014-2015) and M75 (2018 -2019) teams, working as a sealer for the Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme (University of Pretoria). Llewellyn Kriedemann and another team member travel on an alpine cargo ski in 2007. ( Log Out / The historical information on this page relies heavily on an article published in the South African Journal of Antarctic Research in 1991, titled A history of South African involvement in Antarctica and at the Prince Edward Islands. function loadDoc() {var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) { document.getElementById("pressoffice").innerHTML = this.responseText; }}; xhttp.open("GET", "https://mg.co.za/scripts/rss/pressofficeServer.php?menu=false&items=5&feed=http://pressoffice.mg.co.za/feed/rss2.php", true); xhttp.send();} loadDoc(); For all the latest information and advice from the Department of Health relating to Covid-19, please visit sacoronavirus.co.za. The 360 tour gives you a real-life look at the inside of the station. If you need any information on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean islands, get in touch and we will either direct you to the correct website or put you into touch with an organisation. All 10 members of this expedition were part of the South African Weather Bureau. Principal Investigator, Project Manager and Digital Archivist at Antarctic Legacy of South Afric South Africa 81 connections. Marion15 team members tan on Boulders Beach on Marion Island. The islands in the group have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, No. View all posts by Liezl E. Pretorius. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The base is vital in terms of South African science.” One of the main instruments used to study space weather is the SuperDARN high-frequency digital radar, which is part of a network of more than 30 radars involving scientists and funding agencies in 16 countries. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Matieland. The South African National Space Agency’s head of space science, Lee-Anne McKinnell, says: “The reason we do science in Antarctica is because it’s the most amazing place to get info on the space environment … If there is a [solar] storm coming, we’ll see it at SANAE first. ( Log Out / The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the subantarctic Indian Ocean that are part of South Africa. The Antarctica Legacy of South Africa, a programme based at Stellenbosch University and funded by the National Research Foundation, hopes “to collect and store the stories, memories, photographs and other documents pertaining to South Africans in the Antarctic and on the Prince Edward Islands” to serve both as the basis for future research and to applaud scientists and citizens studying some of the most remote terrains in the world, Sarah Wild writes. We’d love to hear from you. Under the spotlight will be the Economic Freedom Fighters’ behaviour at the State of the Nation address and during the public enterprise department’s budget speech, please consider taking out a subscription, E-tracking marine predators to protect Southern Ocean’s rich feeding grounds, Sea level fears as more of giant Antarctic glacier floating than thought, Polar ice the size of India vanishes in record heat, Another ecosystem in crisis as Southern Oceans around Antarctica get less salty, EFF MPs to be investigated for disrupting parliamentary proceedings. Do you have material to submit to the archive, need more information or want to correct a mistake? One of its authors, John Cooper, is the principal investigator of the legacy project. If you have documents, images, videos or any other material from South Africa’s involvement in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, please contact us and we’ll get it onto the database. The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA) celebrates with the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) the First Wold Albatross Day on 19 June 2020. ALSA will cover the costs of collection and digitisation, and return both the original and a digitised copy to you. Used as a gateway to the world’s southernmost continent since the 18th century, South Africa has been actively involved in scientific research in Antarctica and in its only overseas territory, the Prince Edward Islands, since the end of World War II. Take a 360 tour of the SANAE IV station in Antarctica. If your material is already digitised then it can be shared electronically. 57 of 2003, and activities on the islands are therefore restricted to research and conservation management. Learn how your comment data is processed. I am the science communicator for the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA). If you have events, talks or presentations (related to the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and/or Southern Ocean) that you would like to promote, send us the details and we will put it on the website. The dog, called Oubaas, stayed on the island until March 1965, and has a hill named after him. Antarctic Legacy of South Africa. Further protection was granted when the area was declared a marine protec… Material may not be published or reproduced in any form without prior written permission. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Report this profile; Activity. The Antarctica Legacy of South Africa, a programme based at Stellenbosch University and funded by the National Research Foundation, hopes “to collect and … This envelope (below) was collected by a team member of Gough26 in 1980. Totten Glacier's underbelly is being eroded by warm sea water flowing hundreds of kilometres inland after passing through underwater "gateways". The Norwegian ship Polarbjorn (below) transported the first SANAE team to Antarctica.
Antarctic Legacy of South Africa: new jobs on Marion Island The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa lists the job openings for the 75th expedition to Marion Island (2018 – 2019) at the following link: ( Log Out / All material © Mail & Guardian Online. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Antarctica, with its pristine skies and the presence of the South Pole, is ideal for space science. The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa lists the job openings for the 75th expedition to Marion Island (2018 – 2019) at the following link: http://blogs.sun.ac.za/antarcticlegacy/research-science/jobs/, Have a look and apply! Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Room 3006 Second Floor Department of Botany and Zoology Natural Science Building Stellenbosch University Merriman Avenue Stellenbosch South AfricaPostal address: Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Department of Botany and Zoology Private Bag X1.
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Dick Bonnema (above) was one of the team. Finally, if you identify missing or incorrect information in the archive, please send a message with your contact details so we can amend the details. And it could mean that the Antarctic ice shelf is becoming unstable, "Ice is shrinking at both ends of the planet, a development alarming scientists.". I am currently busy with an MSc in Zoology and had the privilege of visiting Marion Island again for the relief periods in 2016 and 2017, as well as Gough Island in 2016 for my research project. Join to Connect. Change ).