Tag: icebreaker SA Agulhas II

• Monday, February 11th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Shackleton blog: Agulhas II positioned where the Endurance went down crushed by ice

  

  South African icebreaker Agulhas II, 05.24 hours GMT. Ice Pilot Freddie Ligthelm over ship’s intercom: “Good Morning from the Bridge. This is to say we have reached the Endurance sinking position. Lekker Lekker Lekker [Afrikaans for “Nice, Nice, Nice”]”

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklander leads Shackleton's “Endurance” search team in Weddell Sea

  

  Following on from Penguin News’ interview last week with Islander Mensun Bound, who was involved in the search for the Argentine submarine Ara San Juan, Mr Bound spoke of his current project, the search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

• Friday, January 4th 2019 - 03:18 UTC

  Falkland Islander in expedition to locate Shackleton's stricken “Endurance” in Antarctica

  

  An Antarctic scientific expedition aiming to understand the secrets of a giant iceberg will also attempt to locate Ernest Shackleton’s stricken Endurance in the Weddell Sea, according to reports in The Guardian.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 23:11 UTC

  South Africa will have a new multi-purpose polar research vessel next season

  

  The South African 30 years old research and supply ship “SA Agulhas” made her last ever call to King Edward Cove in South Georgia Island on January 15th. She will be replaced by a new icebreaker currently being built in Finland next season, reports the South Georgia Newsletter.