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April 2018
This day in history: the S.A. Agulhas rescues a sick man from SANAE III on 26 April 1980
An unscheduled voyage on South Africa’s second Antarctic supply ship, the S.A. Agulhas, took place over 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, magazine of the New Zealand Antarctic Society, edited for grammar and errors, of the voyage follows: “A rescue flight was made on April 26 by two South…
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This day in history: ‘Van’ van der Merwe becomes the Leader of the first South African weather team on Gough Island in 1956
Johannes J. ‘Van’ van der Merwe (Meteorological Assistant Gr. II) of the then South African Weather Bureau (SAWB) was the only South African member of the privately-organized Gough Island Scientific Survey (GISS) that spent six months on the island over 1955/56. He was also the oldest member at 30 years of age. When the survey members left Gough on 13 May 1956 on the frigate S.A.S. Transvaal (Lieutenant Commander George Noel Green) for Cape Town, ‘Van’ stayed behind at The…
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SEAmester Cruise
https://www.sanap.ac.za/event/seamester-cruise-south-africa/
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5th SANAP Symposium, Hermanus
https://www.sanap.ac.za/event/5th-sanap-symposium-hermanus/
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Gough Island 2018 take-over expedition
https://www.sanap.ac.za/event/gough-island-2018-take-over-expedition/
Find out more »March 2019
Lecture – Choosing our Future: Antarctic Science in a Global Setting
Choosing our Future: Antarctic Science in a Global Setting by Steven L Chown School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom The Paris Agreement has changed views on how much can be done to improve the way humans interact with our world. The Sustainable Development Goals have had a similar effect. Despite these compelling global efforts, reports continue to highlight declining quality of ecosystems, increasing threats to species, and growing…
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This day in history: the S.A. Agulhas rescues a sick man from SANAE III on 26 April 1980
An unscheduled voyage on South Africa’s second Antarctic supply ship, the S.A. Agulhas, took place over 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, magazine of the New Zealand Antarctic Society, edited for grammar and errors, of the voyage follows: “A rescue flight was made on April 26 by two South…
Find out more »May 2019
This day in history: ‘Van’ van der Merwe becomes the Leader of the first South African weather team on Gough Island in 1956
Johannes J. ‘Van’ van der Merwe (Meteorological Assistant Gr. II) of the then South African Weather Bureau (SAWB) was the only South African member of the privately-organized Gough Island Scientific Survey (GISS) that spent six months on the island over 1955/56. He was also the oldest member at 30 years of age. When the survey members left Gough on 13 May 1956 on the frigate S.A.S. Transvaal (Lieutenant Commander George Noel Green) for Cape Town, ‘Van’ stayed behind at The…
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This day in history: the S.A. Agulhas rescues a sick man from SANAE III on 26 April 1980
An unscheduled voyage on South Africa’s second Antarctic supply ship, the S.A. Agulhas, took place over 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, magazine of the New Zealand Antarctic Society, edited for grammar and errors, of the voyage follows: “A rescue flight was made on April 26 by two South…
Find out more »May 2020
This day in history: ‘Van’ van der Merwe becomes the Leader of the first South African weather team on Gough Island in 1956
Johannes J. ‘Van’ van der Merwe (Meteorological Assistant Gr. II) of the then South African Weather Bureau (SAWB) was the only South African member of the privately-organized Gough Island Scientific Survey (GISS) that spent six months on the island over 1955/56. He was also the oldest member at 30 years of age. When the survey members left Gough on 13 May 1956 on the frigate S.A.S. Transvaal (Lieutenant Commander George Noel Green) for Cape Town, ‘Van’ stayed behind at The…
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