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Over the Horizon_Launch

The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa launched its sixth book on the 3rd of November 2022 at the Irma Stern Museum in Cape Town. Jean Brundrit’s book, Over the Horizon, is a work of art. The book contains images taken with an ice lens, in the Antarctic region, and at the Antarctic ice shelf. Read […]

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Photography is the art and science of capturing light – Jean Brundrit In December 2019 Jean Brundrit travelled to Antarctica aboard the South African research and supply vessel, the S.A. Agulhas II. Jean took photos with a lens made of ice. Most of the images within “Over the Horizon” were made with ice lenses (although […]

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Heritage Day 2022

24 September 2022, is National Heritage day in South Africa and we are celebrating South Africa’s rich polar heritage. Slide through the images below to learn more about: the vessels that have traveled down south, via the Port of Cape Town (as early as 1739); the South African stations on Antarctica, Marion Island and Gough […]