S.A.Agulhas II

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The Physical Oceanography Session at the SANAP 2016 Symposium held last month at the University of Pretoria was chaired by Prof Werner Nel (Department of Geography, University of Fort Hare).  The session covered a wide range of oceanographic research in the Southern Ocean (Indian-Atlantic Ocean). During this session we also had the chance to understand more about […]

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Feature photograph: South Africa’s Antarctic research and supply ship, the S.A. Agulhas II DJ Keyez of Voice of Wits FM (VO FM) interviewed Tracy Klarenbeek, Professional Officer, Knowledge Fields Development Directorate (KFD) in South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) last month.  The NRF manages the research at the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) which […]

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Alta Zietsman, a recent BSc Conservation Ecology graduate from Stellenbosch University, headed south this summer on South Africa’s S.A. Agulhas II collecting seabirds-at-sea information for BirdLife South Africa (BLSA).  With the kind agreement of Taryn Morris of BLSA, Alta undertook to use ALSA’s camera to take photographs of her trip for the project’s use in […]

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