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, Marthan N., McQuaid, Christopher D., Findlay, Ken P., Best, Peter B., Cowan, Don A., de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Dorrington, Rosemary A., Fagereng, Ake, 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: English
• Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2013
• Subjects: GC Oceanography; QE Geology; Antarctic; Endeavour; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Marion Island
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/56356/; https://doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2013/a009; https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/56356/1/fagereng.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...