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AntarcticartefactHistoryInternational Celebration Day

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Every year on 18 May, museums around the world celebrate International Museum Day — a global occasion recognising the vital role museums play in preserving heritage, inspiring curiosity, and connecting communities through stories of the past, present, and future. For the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA), this day is an opportunity to reflect on […]

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What does the future of archives look like in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)? At this year’s South African Society of Archivists (SASA) Annual Conference in Cape Town, that question took centre stage. As archivists, we’re not just preserving the past, we’re rethinking how we capture, describe, and share it in a rapidly evolving […]

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4 January 1948 – Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn clambers ashore on Prince Edward Island and claims it for South Africa. Following the occupation of Marion Island on 29 December 1947, Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn, Captain of the frigate H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal, is landed by “crayfish dinghy” after being towed by the ship’s motor boat into Cave Bay on […]

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