Feature photograph: ALSA’s archivist, Ria Olivier alongside a statue of polar explorer Roald Amundsen outside the Fram Museum on Bygdøy, Oslo The Polar Museums Network (PMN) has been created for all countries and individuals that house exhibitions of polar material. The PMN is an initiative to strengthen and spread knowledge of polar history, science and exploration. […]
Earlier this week South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a two-day strategic workshop to discuss a way forward with academic and other scientists who conduct research within the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP). The workshop was held at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), a NRF National Research Facility, in Observatory, a suburb […]
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On 20 December this year 55 researchers from 30 nations, 10 of them South Africans, will set off on an international scientific expedition from Cape Town to circumnavigate Antarctica for three months aboard the modern 12 000-tonne Russian polar research vessel Akademik Treshnikov, launched in 2011. The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE), set to last until […]
