{"id":2199,"date":"2016-10-22T13:27:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T13:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2016-10-22T14:08:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T14:08:51","slug":"looking-ahead-alsa-attends-a-sanap-strategic-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/2016\/10\/22\/looking-ahead-alsa-attends-a-sanap-strategic-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking ahead: ALSA attends a SANAP strategic workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF<\/a>) hosted a two-day strategic workshop to discuss a way forward with academic and other scientists who conduct research within the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP).<\/p>\n

The workshop was held at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO<\/a>), a NRF National Research Facility, in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town . \u00a0The NRF’s Tracy Klarenbeek, Professional Officer,\u00a0Knowledge Fields Development \u00a0led the workshop with support from Dr Gilbert Siko,\u00a0Director: Marine and Polar Research, Palaeosciences of the\u00a0Department of Science and Technology (DST<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Tracy Klarenbeek gets the meeting started<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several veteran SANAP researchers gave\u00a0thought-provoking introductory talks to lead the ensuing discussions. \u00a0Extraordinary Professor and Senior Research Fellow Marth\u00e1n Bester<\/a> of the University of Pretoria’s Mammal Research Institute<\/a>, who for many years led the Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme<\/a> before retiring \u00a0last year, gave a \u00a0challenging talk that delved into his long experience to compare and comment on changes within SANAP from the 1970s to the present day.<\/p>\n

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Marth\u00e1n Bester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Youth was also represented among the speakers with the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa’s Anch\u00e9 Louw introducing the idea of \u00a0a virtual South African Antarctic Museum. \u00a0In the absence of a dedicated polar museum in the country ( even though Cape Town is recognized as an Antarctic Gateway City) \u00a0a virtual museum will help fill a gap in creating awareness of South Africa’s past and present activities “down south” among the country’s population. \u00a0At the same time, ALSA’s archivist Ria Olivier was in Oslo, Norway describing the virtual museum concept to an international audience at\u00a0the 1st Polar Museums Network Conference<\/a>\u00a0(click here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Anche Louw explains the virtual museum concept<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Discussions were forthright and wide-ranging on how best to continue to undertake world-class research in Antarctica, at the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands and at sea in the Southern Ocean, with a consensus developing from the SANAP research community present on what the future direction should be. \u00a0It was pleasing to discern general support from the workshop attendees for a continuation of the Antarctic Legacy project after 2017 \u00a0and ideas and suggestions for its future were aired.<\/p>\n

The workshop ended with a consideration of the expected 2017 call for project proposals for the next three-year (2018-2020) funding cycle for SANAP.<\/p>\n

Feature photograph: \u00a0SANAP researchers gather for the strategic workshop. \u00a0Left: Tracy Klarenbeek (NRF, back turned); Centre: Isabelle Ansorge (Oceanography, University of Cape Town) with Ian Meiklejohn (Geography, Rhodes University); Right: Rosemary Dorrington ( Biochemistry & Microbiology, Rhodes University) chats with Anch\u00e9 Louw (Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University)<\/p>\n

John Cooper,\u00a0Principal Investigator,\u00a0Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, 22 October 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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