This year the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) Symposium was hosted by the University of Pretoria and funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) – National Research Foundation (NRF). The ALSA Team would like to thank the University of Pretoria and the organisers of this event, Prof Don Cowan and Dr Thulani […]
The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Project was invited by Hanlie Gouws of the Mountain Club of South Africa to give a talk to its Cape Town Section on the work that the project is undertaking. Anché Louw and I went to the section’s weekly meeting on Friday 8 July along with Hennie Louw (Sealer […]
South Africa’s overwintering teams (at SANAE IV in Antarctica, on Marion Island and on Gough Island) held their Midwinter celebrations this year on 21 June on the day of the Winter Solstice. We here in South Africa’s Western Cape also held a Midwinter get together braai (barbecue) in Stellenbosch on 25 June. We had a […]
