SANAE Overwintering Team Photos

49th SANAE Overwintering Team, 2010

L-R: (Back) James Hayes (Space Weather Engineer), Marlon Manko (Diesel Mechanic), Etienne Kruger (Cosmic Ray Scientist), Robert Schoeman (Meteorologist), Johan Nortje (Diesel Mechanic); (Front) André Harms (Mechanical Engineer & Team Leader), Ryno Jordaan (Electrical Engineer), Lowellen Clarke (Doctor), Roger van Schie (Radar Engineer), Tyrell Sassen (Electronic Engineer & Deputy Leader).

50th SANAE Overwintering Team, 2011

L-R: (back) Kevin van Eden (space Weather Engineer), Beatrice van Eden (Space Weather Engineer), Tiki Jordaan (Mechanical Engineer), Gerard de Jong (Electrical Engineer ), Abi Paton (Doctor), Paul Lee (Meteorologist & Team Leader), Renier Fuchs (Cosmic Ray Scientist), Alan Daniels (Diesel Mechanic); (front) Ruan Nel (Radar Engineer), Scelo Ndwalane (Diesel Mechanic), Johan Hoffman (Electronic Engineer & Deputy Team Leader).

51st SANAE Overwintering Team, 2012

L-R: (back) Vincent Rademeyer (Diesel Mechanic & Deputy Team Leader), Johan Du Plessis (Mechanical Engineer), Braam Beukes (SANSA Space Weather Engineer), Singa Msimanga (Electrical Engineer); (front) Jaco Bester (Doctor & Team Leader), Avhavhudzani Michael Nemutandani (Diesel Mechanic), Jonathan Ward (SANSA Radar Engineer), Stefanie Stracham (NWU Cosmic Ray Engineer), Elrich Delport (Communications Technician), Mcabango Biyela (SAWS Meteorologist).

52nd SANAE Overwintering Team, 2013

L-R: Wihann Groenewald (Diesel Mechanic), Karabo Mokwena (Senior Meteorologist), Craig Harrison (Mechanical Engineer), Grethe Rademan (Cosmic Ray Engineer), Philip Mey (HF Radar Engineer), Rob Coetzee (Doctor & Deputy Team Leader), Adam Zieba (Electronic Engineer & Team Leader), Pieter du Plooy (Diesel Mechanic), Kgomotso Puleng (Electrical Engineer); (Insert) Cornelia Oberholzer (Space Weather Engineer) sustained an injury during the 2013 take-over.

53rd SANAE Overwintering Team, 2014

L-R: Brandon Knoll (Diesel Mechanic), Raymond Williams (Diesel Mechanic), Charles Thomas (Electrician), Sonja Hofmann (Doctor & Team Leader), Francois Olivier (Radar Engineer), Hendrik Krüger (Senior Potchkasseie), Leonard Maree (Communications Manager), Cornelia Oberholzer (Space Weather Engineer), Christiaan Crous (Meteorologist), Patrick Sivertsen (Mechanical Engineer & Deputy Team Leader).

The full collection of expedition teams going down to South Africa’s Antarctic Research stations, since 1960 until 2016, are now available on our website.

We encourage all previous expedition members to send us a higher resolution version of your team photos for archival purposes.

Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, 17 August 2017