by Ria Olivier | Oct 28, 2024 | Gough Island, Newsletters>Gough Island Newsletters, Uncategorised
Gough 69 Overwintering team newsletter now available. A bumper issue, you’ll get a glimpse of what life on Gough is like—the team’s unforgettable experiences, their personal growth, and the bonds they formed.
NEWSLETTER Click here
A word form the leader: “it’s my pleasure to reflect on the incredible journey we’ve shared over the past months, experiencing both the beauty and the challenges of this remote island. Overwintering on Gough Island has been an extraordinary adventure. Each of us came to this island with our own motivations and expectations, but we’ve grown together into a cohesive team—a family, really.” – Matshediso Meshack Mogorosi
Arrival of vessels on Gough Island’s shores is a momentous occasion, eagerly anticipated by the expedition team due to the island’s extreme remoteness.
by Ria Olivier | Feb 27, 2023 | Announcement, Gough Island, News, Newsletters>Gough Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAP, Stations, Team member, Team Photo
The 68th Gough Island Overwintering Team has published their first newsletter – The Bunting – January 2023 (Issue 1).
In this edition:
- Letter from the team leader
- Words from the G68 Bunting editorial team
- Meet the G68 team
- Birder’s Stories
- Life in the Base (birthday celebration)
- Farewell to Sandile (Medical Orderly of G67 who had to stay behind until a new medic is sent to Gough)
- Weather Stats (October, November, December 2022)
- To end the newsletter; a poem about an Albatross chick.
Click here to download/view the newsletter!
Birthdays celebrated by G68 so far:
Anche Louw, South African Polar Research Infrastructure (Data, Products & Society Node), 27 February 2023.
by Ria Olivier | Sep 8, 2022 | Announcement, Gough Island, Newsletters>Gough Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAP
“It is with mixed emotions that we send these final greetings from the G67 team! The time has come to present our ultimate Bunting newsletter before handing over the reins to the next editor(s) who will be responsible for introducing the resilient members of G68.” – Editor Gough Bunting.
Read the final Newsletter form the Gough67 Overwintering Team. Inside this issue:
“Goodbye Gough Island and thank you for everything.” – Sandile Nkebe (Team
leader of G67)
by Ria Olivier | May 10, 2022 | Announcement, Gough Island, Newsletters>Gough Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAP, Stations
The current overwintering team on Gough Island, Gough 67, compiled their second newsletter.
What will you find in this issue:
Click here to view or download this latest issue of The Bunting (Gough Island Newsletter).
Do you want to have a look at some other newsletters from previous teams? Find it all here.
Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 10 May 2022
by Ria Olivier | Feb 2, 2022 | Announcement, Environment, Gough Island, News, Newsletters>Gough Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team, Team member
In this edition:
- Meet the 67th Gough Island Overwintering Team
- Prof Marthan Bester writes about Fur Seal pup weighing at Tristan da Cunha Islands (2009 – 2021)
- Read more about the Edinburgh ship – connecting Gough with the mainland
- More about the million breeding pairs of Great Shearwater birds on Gough Island
- Weather data of October, November, and December 2021
- Check out some great social gathering pictures!!
Click here to download this issue!!
Click here to view all The Gough Bunting (Gough Newsletters) available on the ALSA Archive.
Anche Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 02 February 2022
by Ria Olivier | Oct 8, 2021 | Gough Island, Newsletters>Gough Island Newsletters
Final Newsletter from Gough 66 Overwintering team,
Read in this issue
- Final Words from the team leader: ” Our 13 months on the island has been filled with a lot of adventure and we were part of history in the making, we accommodated the Geo Searcher crew after they lost their vessel in the sea and got to be part of GIRP. …. I will forever cherish the time I spent on this island with the rest of G66 team members and all our visitors.”
- From The editor: “Here we are once again, with another final issue of a Gough Bunting newsletter. Thank you G66 and GIRP for the best, and busiest, year this island has ever seen. Thank you all once again, and to all the readers of our newsletters.”
- THE GOUGH ISLAND RESTORATION PROGRAMME Some closing words from Andrew Callender (Gough Island Programme Executive), Pete McClelland (Operations Manager) and Amy King (Senior Aviculturist) on the restoration of Gough Island.
- FAREWELL FROM G66 some goodbyes from the Gough Island 66 overwintering team.
- FROM THE METKASSIES monthly weather stats from the SAWS team
