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by Sarah Fawcett– (The Conversation)-It was 1914 when the English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition aboard a ship called Endurance. It was an ill-fated journey: the.
The tale of the Endurance is fascinating. But so is the story of the SA Agulhas II. Because of this ship, SA is becoming a leader in aspects of Antarctic science, writes UCT’s Dr Sarah Fawcett.