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The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dana Jellin as our new Assistant Digital Archivist. Dana brings her knowledge, skills and enthusiasm to her role, where she will be responsible for maintaining, updating, and assessing ALSA’s digital repository—a cornerstone of our mission to preserve South Africa’s rich Antarctic […]

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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 […]