AntarcticaArchiveMarion IslandPenguinsPhoto Gallery

Today is all about penguins. In a previous post of the activity booklet there are information and activities about  penguins. To learn more about penguins read on th ALSA archive.                                   Click on the photo gallery and type penguin […]

AntarcticaArchiveFlagsHistoryPhoto Gallery

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 […]

ArchiveBouvet IslandPhoto GallerySub-Antarctic

Bouvet Island – Bouvetøya(Norwegian) Bouvet Island is an uninhabited sub Antarctic high island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at 54°25′S 3°22′E . It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world, approximately 2,600 kilometres south-southwest of the coast of South […]