Bernie F. Schaaf was a carpenter on the 5th, 7th and 8th Teams over 1950 – 1952 at Marion Island. The postcard of the South African Navy frigate Transvaal was signed front and back for him by members of the Petty Officer’s Mess – where he was allocated – on his final return from Marion Island […]
John Cooper, ALSA’s Principal Investigator will attend a multidisciplinary conference on the historical Antarctic sealing industry at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge on 18 & 20 September 2016. He will present a paper on the wrecking of the Solglimt and rescue of its crew at Marion Island in 1908, with co-authors Jaco Boshoff, Social […]
Look towards East Cape from the new base at Marion Island and you will see the scattered buildings of the old base awaiting demolition and removal, except for the old Marine Mammal Laboratory on top of White-chin Ridge, which, it has been suggested, should be kept to house an island museum as the oldest building […]
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