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  • The Boulders Beach stairway on Marion Island 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-05)
    The stairway on Marion Island, from Boulders beach up to the base.
  • Christmas on Marion Island 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-05)
    Christmas on Marion island. The decorations are in the main eating and meeting area of the base.
  • Inside Marion Islands base 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-13)
    Inside Marion Island base and in its dining hall
  • The Kildalkey penguin colony 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-03-28)
    The Kildalkey penguin colony.
  • La Grange Villa on Boulder's Beach 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-13)
    La Grange Villa on Boulders' Beach, Marion. for a time, sheep and other domestic animals were housed in this cave.
  • Marion skuas scavenging on sheep 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2011-03-29)
    Marion skua (birds)scavenging on the remains of a sheep on Marion Island, taken in February 1972.
  • The old Bolug 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-13)
    This 'bolug' (upper air) is the hut on Marion from which weather balloons were launched to measure (upper air) weather conditions.
  • The old RSA and USSR flags 
    Smith, Valdon (2010-07-12)
    A ship from the USSR passing Marion Island. A photo of the old South African Flag (pre-1994) and the old USSR flag, with a USSR ship in the background.
  • Researchers camping on Marion Island 
    Smith, Valdon (2011-01-28)
    Researchers conducting fieldwork on Marion island.
  • Sheep on Marion Island 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-05)
    From South Africa's earliest involvement in Marion Island until the 1970's, sheep were kept there. They served as a source of fresh meat. These two images show sheep on the island, and a sheep slaughtered.
  • Skin diving on Marion Island 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-13)
    Skin diving on Marion Island
  • Some artefacts from the sealers' caves 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-12)
    Sealers originally inhabited the island for parts of the year, living in caves, and/or used it as a base for hunting expeditions. Seals were mainly hunted. Some of their equipment had been left behind and recovered by ...
  • Valdon Sith in front of the Sealers' Cave at Swartkops. 
    Smith, Valdon (2010-07-13)
    Sealers' caves at Swartkops on Marion Island.
  • A view of the base from the ship SA Agulhas. 
    Smith, Valdon (2011-01-31)
    A view of Gunner's point and the Marion Island base from the ship.
  • Work done on the ornithological laboratory building 
    Smith, Valdon (Stellenbosch : Antarctic Legacy Project, 2010-07-13)
    The ornithological laboratory on Marion Island