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The South African National Antarctic Programme (or SANAP) is the South African government's programme for research in the Antarctic and Subantarctic.Three research stations fall under this programme: the Antarctica research station SANAE IV, and one station each on the subantarctic islands Gough Island and Marion Island.
SANAE IV is a current South African Antarctic research base located in Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land. The base is part of the South African National Antarctic Program (SANAP) and is operated by the South African National Antarctic Expedition. [4] The other two SANAP bases are located on the Gough and Marion islands.
South African National Antarctic Programme South Africa: 1 Member Korean Polar Research Institute South Korea: 2 Member Comité Polar Español Spain: 2 stations, 1 permanent field camp Member Swedish Polar Research Secretariat Sweden: 1 Member TÜBITAK Marmara Research Center, Polar Research Institute Turkey: 1 Member National Antarctic ...
Pages in category "South African National Antarctic Programme" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
South Africa South African National Antarctic Programme: 1997 80 110 15 +2: −16.5 Scott Base: Ross Island New Zealand Antarctica New Zealand 1957 86 78 11 +12 [a] −19.6 Showa: East Ongul Island Japan National Institute of Polar Research: 1957 130 170 40 +3: −10.5 Troll: Queen Maud Land Norway Norwegian Polar Institute: 1990 70 45 7 0: − ...
Gough Island is uninhabited, except for the personnel of a weather station (usually six people) that the South African National Antarctic Programme has maintained, with British permission, continually on the island since 1956. It is one of the most remote places with a constant human presence.
The text on the superstructure shows that S. A. Agulhas II is dedicated to the South African singer Miriam Makeba.. In November 2009 the South African Department of Water and Environmental Affairs signed a 116 million euro (R 1.3 billion) contract with STX Finland for the construction of a new polar research and supply vessel that would replace the ageing S. A. Agulhas, which was scheduled to ...
S. A. Agulhas was used to service the three South African National Antarctic Programme research bases, Gough Island, Marion Island in the Southern Ocean and SANAE IV in Antarctica, as well as various research voyages. S. A. Agulhas retired from Antarctic service in April 2012 when the replacement vessel, S. A. Agulhas II, was commissioned. She ...