by Ria Olivier | Jul 10, 2021 | Announcement, Marion Island, News, Newsletters>Marion Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team, SANAP, sub-Antarctic
In this edition:
- Meet the 78th Marion Island Overwintering Team (2021 – 2022)
- New killer whale calf
- Sealer, Frikkie van der Vyver, spot another Porbeagle shark on beach
- Midwinter 2021 celebration
- and more…
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Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 10 July 2021
by Ria Olivier | Apr 7, 2021 | Announcement, Marion Island, News, Newsletters>Marion Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team
In this edition:
- Letter from Team Leader/Medic – Winnie Moodaley
- Field Notes with Birder Thando Cebekhulu
- Round Island Adventures – Check out the images and experience the magical scenery with M77
- Understanding Weather with the M77 Senior Meteorological Technician Nkoane Mathabatha
- Analysing Scats with sealer Yinhla Shihlomule (perhaps not for the sensitive viewer)
- Weather According to Metkassies for January and February 2021
- Katie (part of the Plimsoll Film Crew) spends time in science
- Field Notes with Marine Apex Predator Research Unit (MAPRU) Birder Dani Keys
- Get an update from the weaner of the team (newbie – also the term used for newcomers to the island) – Leandri de Kock
For all this and more make sure to check out this edition of The Wanderer by the 77th Marion Island Overwintering Team.
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Anché Louw, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, 07 April 2021
by Ria Olivier | Jan 27, 2021 | Announcement, Marion Island, News, Newsletters>Marion Island Newsletters, Overwintering Team, sub-Antarctic, Team member
In this edition:
- Meet the small team of 8 members – they were the ‘original’ M77
- Thereafter field assistants and a film crew were able to join the team – meet the complete 77th Marion Island Overwintering Team and some members of the film crew
- Want to know how the weather treated the islanders the past few months?
- See some photos of the adventure from Cape Town to Marion Island – second part of the M77 team onboard the Pelagic Australis yacht
- Read some birding and sealing fieldwork stories
For all this and more make sure to check out this 1st edition of The Wanderer by the 77th Marion Island Overwintering Team.
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