23rd April is the United Nations World Book and Copyright day. The message for the year 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic is as follows: “Through reading and the celebration of World Book and Copyright Day, we can open ourselves to others despite distance. We can travel thanks to imagination. From April 1st to 23rd, UNESCO […]
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Henriëtte Swart, Acting Senior Director, JS Gericke Library accepts an Antarctic book from Patrick Morant A donation of books received recently by the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa from Patrick Morant was handed over to the JS Gericke Library at Stellenbosch University in a small function on Wednesday last week. This is the second collection […]
In 2001-2002, Erika Nortje went on her first overwintering trip to Marion Island as a field biologist for the Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University being part of the 58th Overwintering Team. Erika fell in love with the island and decided to overwinter for the second time in 2003-2004 as part of the […]
