MidWinter greetings to all South Africans involved in the South African National Antarctic Programme. Especially Happy MidWinter to current and past overwintering team members. Our best wishes to all other Antarctic countries A video is available on YouTube. A very special message is included in the video made by one of first expedition overwintering team […]
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Bulldozers and their drivers are an essential part of Takeover at SANAE IV. Watch the video by Alexander Oelofse of Interview of drivers during 2019-2020 Takeover at SANAE IV on SANAP Website. Below the 2019-2020 Drivers Takeover Team . B: Thabang Tshupo, Bertus Roos, Andrew Kietzmann, Riaan Marx. F:Thabo Thebe, Thato Mareme, Markus Viljoen. […]
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60 years ago South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) 1 left from Cape Town on the 3rd of December 1959 to only arrive on the 8th of January 1960 at Antarctic Ice Shelf. An article about the departure of SANAE 59 has just been posted on the SANAP website. After reading this article, compare that […]
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