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It is with sadness that we share the passing of Prof Pieter Stoker on Tuesday, 08 November 2022. Prof Stoker became part of research in Antarctica in 1959 and since 1964 his group was formally involved in research in the South African National Committee on Antarctic Research (SANCAR), currently the South African National Antarctic Programme […]

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The Mouse-Free Marion Project’s campaign worked hard through social media with daily postings to Facebook and Instagram; a gam of juvenile Wandering Albatrosses displaying on Marion Island; photograph by Tom Peschak Last month the Mouse-Free Marion Project made it into the final round of the 2022 European Outdoor Conservation Association’s (EOCA) latest project funding vote. […]

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Over the Horizon_Launch

The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa launched its sixth book on the 3rd of November 2022 at the Irma Stern Museum in Cape Town. Jean Brundrit’s book, Over the Horizon, is a work of art. The book contains images taken with an ice lens, in the Antarctic region, and at the Antarctic ice shelf. Read […]