All team members of the 12 SANAE team had to undergo training in the kitchen in preparation for life on Antarctica. Here they are shown how to cook and bake, before their departure.
The washing machine inside the generator room was connected to a warning light to indicate if it was running. Once the light went off, the washing cycle would be complete and team mates were supposed to remove their clothes ...
Construction of the SANAE II base in 1971, replaced a decade later by SANAE III. The SANAE II base was a wooden structure built directly on top of the ice. Recurring snowstorms covered the base in snow and the base was ...