Working on the island or ice

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Working on the island or ice

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  • Erecting a temporary weather station on Bouvet Island 
    Department of Public Works (2013-02-21)
    Images of team members and crew attempting to erect a temporary weather station on the ice on Bouvet Island in 1966.
  • Flags on Bouvet Island used for markers 
    Department of Public Works (2013-02-21)
    Marker flags on Bouvet Island, used in 1964 while South Africa attempted to erect a weather station there.
  • Camping on ice on Bouvet Island 
    Department of Public Works (2013-02-19)
    Image of team members and tent on ice. Images from the Bouvet Island album, but photorgaphs presumably taken on Antartica. Team members camping on the ice.
  • Surveying on the ice 
    Rousseau, Siegfried (2012-11-19)
    S3 team member surveying on the ice.
  • Rousseau inspecting ice at ice shelf 
    Rousseau, Siegfried (2012-11-19)
    Siegfried Rousseau checking for crevasses at the ice shelf.
  • Digging out supplies 
    Rousseau, Siegfried (2012-11-19)
    Team member digging out supplies.
  • Construction of base 
    Rousseau, Siegfried (2012-11-19)
    Team members constructing the SANAE I base.
  • Team members going on feildtrip 
    Jacobs, D.W. (2012-11-14)
    S2 team members going on a fieldtrip.
  • Plants inside the base 
    Du Plessis, Andre (2012-11-13)
    Terrarium built by team members to house plants cultivated at the base.
  • Constructing the magnetic observation hut 
    Rousseau, Siegfried (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 1962)
    S3 Team member constructing the magnetic observation hut.
  • Rousseau looking through theodolite 
    Rousseau, Siegfried (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 1962)
    Rousseau looking through theodolite inside the base. Note the windows letting in natural light, which indicate that image was taken shortly after completion of SANAE 1 base on top of the ice, where the windows were not ...
  • Andre du Plessis surveying 
    Du Plessis, Andre (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 1964)
    Andre du Plessis, geologist of S9 doing surveying.
  • Refuelling a muskeg 
    Du Plessis, Andre (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 1964)
    Team members busy refuelling the muskeg while traveling across the ice.
  • Working on the generator 
    Du Plessis, Andre (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 1964)
    Noel Jay working on the generator in the generator room.
  • Fixing the stove 
    Du Plessis, Andre (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 1964)
    Noel Jay working on the base stove.