The 75th Marion Island Overwintering team departed on 06 April 2018 (click here to read more) and returned to Cape Town on the 15th of May 2019 (VIDEO).

Click on the link below and view their official team photo among the previous Marion Island overwintering teams.

Also visit the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Archive to view the team photo or team logo.

MARION 72 (2015-2016): Back (L-R) Nasipi Mtsi (Assistant Environmental Control Officer), Stefan Schoombie (PFIAO Birder), Jeremiah Ramonyai (Meteorologist), Mpho Mashau (Environmental Control Officer), Benoit Morkel (MRI Sealer); Middle L-R: Gerard Oppel (Senior Meteorologist), John Dickens (MRI Sealer), Sherwin Hiralall (Medic/Team Leader), Ewald Ferreira (Radio Technician), Oyena Masiko (Oceans Front (L-R): Abuyiselwe Nguna (Geomorphologist), Marius Rossouw (Botanist), Alfred-Hugo Grünschloss (Diesel Mechanic), Nkoane Mathabatha (Meteorologist/Deputy Team Leader), Pierre Joubert (SANSA Engineer), Mike Mole (MRI Sealer), Kate du Toit (Oceans & Coasts Birder), Tegan Carpenter-Kling (NMMU Birder), Moses Msiza (Base Engineer).

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MARION 72 (2015-2016): Back (L-R) Nasipi Mtsi (Assistant Environmental Control Officer), Stefan Schoombie (PFIAO Birder), Jeremiah Ramonyai (Meteorologist), Mpho Mashau (Environmental Control Officer), Benoit Morkel (MRI Sealer); Middle L-R: Gerard Oppel (Senior Meteorologist), John Dickens (MRI Sealer), Sherwin Hiralall (Medic/Team Leader), Ewald Ferreira (Radio Technician), Oyena Masiko (Oceans Front (L-R): Abuyiselwe Nguna (Geomorphologist), Marius Rossouw (Botanist), Alfred-Hugo Grünschloss (Diesel Mechanic), Nkoane Mathabatha (Meteorologist/Deputy Team Leader), Pierre Joubert (SANSA Engineer), Mike Mole (MRI Sealer), Kate du Toit (Oceans & Coasts Birder), Tegan Carpenter-Kling (NMMU Birder), Moses Msiza (Base Engineer).

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