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AntarcticaheritageHistorySANAE IVSANAP

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A Milestone in South Africa’s Antarctic Journey January 1997 marked a historic moment in South Africa’s Antarctic legacy with the official opening of SANAE IV, the nation’s cutting-edge scientific research station in Antarctica. Located on the pristine Vesleskarvet nunatak in Queen Maud Land, SANAE IV replaced its predecessor, SANAE III, which had served South Africa’s […]

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ArchiveheritageHistoryLegacyMarion IslandPrince Edward Islands

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4 January 1948 – Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn clambers ashore on Prince Edward Island and claims it for South Africa. Following the occupation of Marion Island on 29 December 1947, Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn, Captain of the frigate H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal, is landed by “crayfish dinghy” after being towed by the ship’s motorboat into Cave Bay on Prince […]

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On 29 December 1947 the H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal makes a landing at Marion Island. Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn (o/c H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal) and Petty Officer Steward Henry Schott go ashore on Boulder Beach, Marion Island from the ship’s motorboat at 11h32 on 29 December 1947. After building a small rock cairn with a metal Union of South Africa […]

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