Fuel shortage brings bad news for South African sub-Antarctic mission
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Fuel shortages due to the Middle East crisis have delayed by several weeks an annual mission to swap out researchers at South Africa’s sub-Antarctic Marion Island base, the government said Saturday.
The SA Agulhas II icebreaking polar supply vessel was meant to have left Cape Town last month to relieve a team based there since April 2025, the environment ministry said.
But it only received a shipment of specialised polar diesel required for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic operations on M
The SA Agulhas II icebreaking polar supply vessel was meant to have left Cape Town last month to relieve a team based there since April 2025, the environment ministry said.
But it only received a shipment of specialised polar diesel required for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic operations on M
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