Derivation of the word metkassie A ‘metkassie’ is a nickname long given to meteorological technicians at South Africa’s southern weather stations, including at Marion Island. In pre-plastic days, and with the original need for man-handling cargo ashore across a boulder beach prior to the cliff top cranes at Gunner’s Point, supplies came ashore on Marion […]
Gough Overwintering team 70 Meteorological Technicians celebrating World Meteorological Day at Gough Island in the mid-South Atlantic Ocean, 2500KM away from Cape Town. A weather station has been operating on Gough Island since 1956. It is operated as part of the network of the South African Weather Service (SAWS). (Scroll down for videos) Indeed in […]
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A partnership between the NGO BirdLife South Africa, the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and the Mouse-Free Marion Non-Profit Company is working towards the eradication of introduced House Mice on Marion Island. The Mouse-Free Marion Project is raising funds to eradicate the albatross-killing mice in the winter of 2023, as described […]
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