SA Agulhas II News

2015 SA Agulhas II related news

SA Agulhas II leaves for a winter research voyage

23 July 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs’ (DEA) SA Agulhas II has embarked on a winter research expedition yesterday evening, 22 July 2015. DEA collaborated with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the National Research Foundation (NRF) and Council for Scientific Industrial and Research (CSIR) to embark on the research voyage

SA Agulhas II: Scientific Winter Voyage

16 July 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs’ (DEA) SA Agulhas II will embark on a winter research expedition on Monday 20 July 2015, at the East Pier quay V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.

SA Agulhas Open Day

11 June 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) will host the annual SA Agulhas II Open Day this Saturday, 13 June 2015, in Cape Town. The open day will highlight the Department’s work in the ocean and coastal environment, and will also provide a guided tour of the vessel from its state of the art laboratories to the lounge area dedicated to Miriam Makeba..

DEA's research vessels returns from Marion Island

15 May 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs welcomed its research vessel the SA Agulhas II from her 3rd Marion Island relief Voyage early this morning, 15 May 2015, at the East Pier Quay in Cape Town. Some of the activities that the M71 team members who participated in the voyage did included, collecting diet and blood samples from mammals and birds as well as soil and plant samples through the different seasons in the year.

SA Agulhas II to depart for Marion Island

14 May 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs’ SA Agulhas II will be returning from her logistical/scientific voyage from Marion Island on Friday 15 May 2015. Aboard the ship will be a host of researchers and participants from the Department of Environmental Affairs, Department of Public Works, the South African Weather Service and various tertiary institutions.

Research and monitoring during Marion 2015 relief Voyage on SA Agulhas II

09 April 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs’ SA Agulhas II will today, Thursday 09 April 2015, embark on her third logistical and scientific voyage to Marion Island. Aboard the ship is a host of researchers and participants from Department of Environmental Affairs, Department of Public Works, the South African Weather Service and various tertiary institutions. The Marion 72 expedition team will be the fourth of its kind to inhabit the new base since its commission in March 2011 and will occupy it for a period of 14 months.

SA Agulhas II to depart for Marion Island

08 April 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs’ SA Agulhas II will be embarking on her third logistical /scientific voyage to Marion Island on Thursday 09 April 2015. Aboard the ship will be a host of researchers and participants from Department of Environmental Affairs, Department of Public Works, the South African Weather Service and various tertiary institutions. The Marion 72 expedition team will be the fourth of its kind to inhabit the new base since its commission in March 2011 and will occupy it for a period of 14 months.

SA Agulhas II returns from Antartica

16 Feb 2015 - The Department of Environmental Affairs will once again welcome back the SA Agulhas II as she returns from her almost 3 months annual voyage from Antarctica on Tuesday, 17 February 2015 at the East Pier Shed, Cape Town. Aboard the vessel will be the Sanae 53 expedition team, DEA’s supporting team, members from the National Department of Public Works, Starlite Aviation, and the Scientists who left for Antarctica last year on 28 November 2013 and have spent 14 months at the base conducting critical research.