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ALSA hosts a Midwinter Braai

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South Africa’s overwintering teams (at SANAE IV in Antarctica, on Marion Island and on Gough Island) held their Midwinter celebrations this year on 21 June on the day of the Winter Solstice.  We here in South Africa’s Western Cape also held a Midwinter get together braai (barbecue) in Stellenbosch on 25 June.

We had a wonderful time catching up, meeting new people and sharing stories.  We hope that we can host an even larger event next year.

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Three team members of Marion 67: Kari Schoonbee (SANSA Engineer), Mia Cerfonteyn (Birder) and Hugh Purdon (Sealer)
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Henri Blom (Cat Hunter, Marion 43) and Adriaan van Zyl (Meteorologist, SANAE 29 and Marion 43)
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Clockwise around the table: Daniël Kotzé (Killer Whaler, Marion 71), Bertie Lubbe (Electrical Engineer, SANAE 25), Pierre Joubert (SANSA Engineer, Marion 72), David Hartzenberg (Radio Technician, Marion 52 and 70), Kari Schoonbee (SANSA Engineer, Marion 67), Mia Cerfonteyn (Birder, Marion 67) and Hugh Purdon (Sealer, Marion 67)

 

 

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Three team members of Marion 70, Hennie Louw (Sealer), Anché Louw (Botanist) and Mariëtte Wheeler (Birder). Mariëtte was also a Birder with Marion 61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Ria Oliver, ALSA , Archivist and Co-Investigator for helping organise the event.

Featured collage:  Includes Professor Valdon Smith (part of Marion Island research since the Second Biological Expedition with Marion 28 in 1971/72, and also of the 3rd and 4th Biological Expeditions with M29 and M30 and many reliefs since), Marius Rossouw (Botanist, Marion 72), and Lucas Floyd Chauke (Sealer, Marion 59 and currently Deputy Director: Health and Safety, Directorate: Antarctica & Southern Oceans Support, Department of Environmental Affairs).

Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, 27 June 2016

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