AntarcticaheritageHistoryLegacyS.A.Agulhas II

On March 5, 2022, the world celebrated the discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, resting 3,008 meters beneath the icy expanse of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. This remarkable find came 107 years after the vessel was trapped and sunk by dense pack ice during Shackleton’s famed 1914-1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Central to this historic […]

AntarcticaConservationEnvironmentInternational Celebration DaySANAP

Celebrating Our Feathered Friends and the Efforts to Protect Them Every year on January 20th, we take a moment to reflect on one of the world’s most beloved and resilient birds—penguins! Penguin Awareness Day serves as a reminder to celebrate these creatures while also highlighting the critical conservation efforts being made to protect them in […]

AntarcticaheritageHistorySANAE IVSANAP

A Milestone in South Africa’s Antarctic Journey January 1997 marked a historic moment in South Africa’s Antarctic legacy with the official opening of SANAE IV, the nation’s cutting-edge scientific research station in Antarctica. Located on the pristine Vesleskarvet nunatak in Queen Maud Land, SANAE IV replaced its predecessor, SANAE III, which had served South Africa’s […]