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Day 13 of a 21-Day Journey through the ALSA Digital Repository: Clothing

April 8, 2020 by Ria

Clothes is an essential item for visiting one of South Africa stations in Antarctica or on Marion and Gough Island. The clothes are protection against the harsh environment and over the years studies have been done to establish how people adapt to the climate. “The use of relatively sophisticated and often complicated, to […]

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Artefacts – team flags and logos

June 27, 2019 by Ria

Flags all over the world representing a country, an institution, an organisation or a family is seen as an artefact. A flag usually represents something that bring people together, despite differences – even within families. At SANAE base the South African flag is on our SANAE IV base for everyone to see and to send […]

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SANAE Artefacts – Preserve for the Future – Clothes and Gear

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 by Ria

In a recent article on ALSA we mentioned that an archive is a by-product of human activity preserved in material to provide a direct window on past events. ALSA wants to be the custodian for these artefacts that are housed at bases and in personal collections. ALSA would like to become the memory of our […]

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