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ALSA publishes its first book with a party

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The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa launched its first book yesterday at an evening reception in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University.

Brian Huntley’s Marion Island diary from 1965/66 “Exploring a sub-Antarctic Wilderness” tells what it was like to be a team member of the 21st and 22nd Teams as the botanist on the First Biological & Geological Expedition to the island (click here).  The book is now available for order from ALSA (click here).

The ALSA Team: John Cooper, Anche Louw and Ria Olivier

Following a welcome by John Cooper, Brian Huntley addressed the audience before the party got down to the serious business of eating, drinking and talking – as well posing for a few photos.

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Brian Huntley addresses the audience
The author signs a copy for Ben Dilley who took the splendid cover photo of a pair of courting Wandering Albatrosses at Marion Island
Smiles all round (and money in the pocket). John Cooper with ex Marion team members Anne Treasure (Oceanography, University of Cape Town) and Erika Nortje (Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University)
Tracy Klarenbeek (National Research Foundation) with an ALSA cap, Gilbert Siko (Department of Science & Technology) and John Cooper
From left: Clem Suntner, Brian van der Wilgen, David Richardson, Guy Prescott, Brian Huntley, Wilhelm Verwoerd and John Cooper

The ALSA team is now working on books Nos. 2 and 3 in what it is hoped in time will become a valuable series highlighting different aspects of South Africa’s Antarctic Legacy.  Announcements to come on this website over the next few weeks!

With thanks to Anche and Hennie Louw for the photographs.

Feature photograph from left: Stacey Jansen of SunMedia who produced the book, author Brian Huntley and Ria Olivier and John Cooper of ALSA

 

John Cooper, Principal Investigator, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, 25 May 2016

 

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