International Celebration Day

AntarcticartefactHistoryInternational Celebration Day

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Every year on 18 May, museums around the world celebrate International Museum Day — a global occasion recognising the vital role museums play in preserving heritage, inspiring curiosity, and connecting communities through stories of the past, present, and future. For the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA), this day is an opportunity to reflect on […]

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International Celebration Day

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World Book Day is a celebration of stories, knowledge, and the power of books to inspire curiosity and understanding and also celebrated in South Africa. For the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA), books are more than just publications—they are vessels of memory, experience, and discovery, connecting people to the remote and remarkable environments of […]

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AntarcticInternational Celebration Day

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What do people write about when they spend months on South Africa’s Antarctic and sub-Antarctic bases, far from home and surrounded by wind, sea, and ice, with albatrosses or penguins as their nearest neighbours? Often, poetry becomes a lifeline. In celebration of World Poetry Day, observed annually on 21 March, we revisit poems preserved in […]

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