South African research in the Southern Ocean: New opportunities but serious challenges

• Published in: South African Journal of Science
• Main Authors: Treasure, Anne M, Moloney, Coleen L, Bester, Marthán N, McQuaid, Christopher D, Findlay, Ken P, Best, Peter B, Cowan, Don A, de Bruyn, P J Nico, Dorrington, Rosemary A, Fagereng, Åke, Froneman, P William, Grantham, Geoff H, Hunt, Brian P V, Meiklejohn, K Ian, Pakhomov, Evgeny A, Roychoudhury, Alakendra N, Ryan, Peter G, Smith, Valdon R, Chown, Steven L, Ansorge, Isabelle J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Faculty of Science 2013
• Subjects: Southern Ocean research; Antarctic research; Climate change; Financial capital; Human capital; South African research; Article; Antarctic; Endeavour; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34775; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/34775/1/TreasureAnneM_South_African_r_2013.pdf

South Africa has a long track record in Southern Ocean and Antarctic research and has recently invested considerable funds in acquiring new infrastructure for ongoing support of this research. This infrastructure includes a new base at Marion Island and a purpose-built ice capable research vessel, w...