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An unscheduled voyage on South Africa’s second Antarctic supply ship, the S.A. Agulhas, took place over 14 or 15 April to 4 May 1980 to Antarctica in response to news of an ill member of the 21st Overwintering Team at the SANAE III base in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.  A published report taken from Antarctic, […]

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Delving in to South Africa’s Antarctic legacy can sometimes be a treasure hunt: look for one thing, unexpectedly find another.  But I did not expect to find what might well be South Africa’s first Antarctic book hidden in my own bookshelves! Taking out and about to replace an Antarctic book from my collection I noticed […]

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