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Communication is a crucial element of survival when you are based at one of the SANAP stations for more than a year. Previous there was no internet and communication was only by telex and radio. In the modern ear there are new options such as email, WhatsApp and more. BUT this will only be possible […]

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The South African flag flies at the South Pole. The South Pole was first reached by a Norwegian explorer in 1911. A South African took the South African flag to the South Pole in 1958 as part of Sir Edmund Hillary’s team to cross the continent overland – a journey that took 99 days.  Antarctic Brochure […]

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Antarctic Treaty Explained to South African Children in Indigenous Languages. Can you Identify the countries by the flags on the picture? See how many do you know? Can you find South Africa’s flag on the picture? The entire world has been touched by COVID-19 and countries of the world work together to get to a […]