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In December last year the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa launched a brand new edition of its Activity Booklet, especially for Antarctica Month, to create Antarctic awareness among the youth of South Africa. Included in this Antarctica Month Activity Booklet was a logo-design and colouring competition. The idea of the competition was to introduce children, […]

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EventsMarion IslandS.A.Agulhas IISouthern OceanSub-Antarctic

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The newly painted S.A. Agulhas II has 22 team members of the 74th Marion Overwintering team, a number of takeover scientists, as well as a photographic team from National Geographic on board. For all on-board this is indeed an exciting time ahead as they leave Cape Town today. It will take the ship 3-4 days […]

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Marion IslandPrince Edward IslandsS.A.Agulhas IISub-Antarctic

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An Afrikaans article about two Marion Island Overwintering Team members. Janine and Stefan Schoombie were part of the 72nd Overwintering Team (2015 – 2016) on Marion Island. In this article they share more about their experiences during the 14 months on this cold, windy and wet sub-Antarctic island. Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, […]

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