The Marine Apex Predator Research Unit (MAPRU) at Nelson Mandela University focuses on all things related to marine top predators. If you are interested to hear more about what it is like to spend a year on the sub-Antarctic Marion Island, read more here...
MARION REVISITED: THE SEAL OF APPROVAL…
If working with marine mammals interests you, then click on the link below to read more about what life as a sealer on Marion Island entails. A couple of past sealers (Michael Voysey, Welly Qwabe, Liezl Pretorius and Sean Evans) share their stories...
MARION REVISITED: ENVIRONMENTAL WARRIORS OF NOTE…
Are you someone that absolutely loves nature and would do anything to protect the natural world from unnecessary threats? Read more about what the job as Environmental Conservation Officer on Marion Island entails as the ECOs remember their year on the island...
Marion Revisited…”Good morning, the weather for today…”
Ever wondered how the data behind weather predictions are collected? Read more here...
MARION REVISITED…MARION UNDERGROUND…
Does working mostly at night on a sub-Antarctic island, where the word "cold" takes on a completely new meaning, sound crazy to you? Well, this is exactly what these brave NMU birders face on Marion Island.
Marion Revisited: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the plants of Marion
Plant ecology... ecophysiology... broad-scale ecosystem dynamics... fine-scale responses to climate change... all in a day's work for the Marion Botanists!
Marion Revisited: O for the C…meet the O&C Birders!
If working with seabirds on a little isolated island appeals to you, read more here...
Marion Revisited: It’s all about that wind…in the Roaring Forties
Have you ever wondered what impact the wind has on the Sub-Antarctic environment? Find out more about the University of Pretoria research project: Modelling wind patterns and their ecological impacts, as explained by Elsa van Ginkel and Dineo Mogashoa who recently spent 13.5 months on Marion Island doing the fascinating fieldwork on this little island within … Continue reading Marion Revisited: It’s all about that wind…in the Roaring Forties
Marion Revisited: Geo’s on Marion, absolute rock stars!!!
The geomorphology on the island is studied and monitored by a research project/group known as the Sub – Antarctic Landscape Climate Interactions (SALCi) which is led by Professor Werner Nel (University of Fort Hare) and Professor David William Hedding(University of South Africa). The research group has been conducting long term monitoring projects and has a plethora of research interests on Marion Island, just to mention a few....
Marion Island 75th Expedition Team returned to mainland South Africa recently
The 75th overwintering team that worked on Marion Island from April 2018 to May 2019 returned to mainland South Africa recently. These 24 individuals have spent 13.5 months away from their normal lives to work in the sub-Antarctic, but have come back with a wealth of knowledge and a lifetime's worth of wonderful memories! Marion … Continue reading Marion Island 75th Expedition Team returned to mainland South Africa recently
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