Marion IslandNews

A bumper second issue of Marion 81 overwintering team the Wanderer Newsletter  February 2025 now available! DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER here Greetings from the team From the editors: “On a work front it has been busy to say the least. Seals have been weighed and tagged. Birds have been counted, nests marked and fledglings waved goodbye to. […]

AntarcticaheritageHistoryLegacyS.A.Agulhas II

On March 5, 2022, the world celebrated the discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, resting 3,008 meters beneath the icy expanse of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. This remarkable find came 107 years after the vessel was trapped and sunk by dense pack ice during Shackleton’s famed 1914-1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Central to this historic […]

heritageLegacyMarion Island

The ALSA archive thrives on the generosity of its contributors, who help us preserve the rich history of research and exploration in the sub-Antarctic. Today, we had the pleasure of sharing lunch with John Cooper to express our gratitude for his ongoing support of ALSA. As a token of appreciation, we presented him with small […]