The Marion Island take-over expedition’s return voyage was shortened due to one of the ship’s crew falling ill during this time. All science was cancelled for the return voyage, which involves oceanographic sampling. Here is the programme for today, 07 May 2017. Programme for Marion RETURN VOYAGE 2018-1 Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, […]
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Looking for the signature of the 1st stars turning on in the universe. Did you read this article: “Physicists in Earth’s remotest corners race to reproduce ‘cosmic dawn’ signal” published in Nature on 27 April 2018. Watch this video of Dr Cynthia Chiang (currently on Marion Island) sharing more detail of the “Dawn in the […]
Video from Marion Island: Watch this video to see what the Oceanographers currently on-board the S.A. Agulhas II will be doing during this Marion Island 2018 Take-Over Voyage. Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, 23 April 2018.
