SANAE
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SANAE is the South African National Antarctic Expedition. Somewhat confusingly, the name refers both to the overwintering base and the team spending the winter. Sometimes, though not consistently, teams are numbered in Arabic numerals and bases in Roman numerals. The current base, SANAE IV, is located at Vesleskarvet in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Summer teams can comprises maintenance personnel, helicopter crew and scientists from various countries and can be up to 100 people. Overwintering teams are mainly scientists from South Africa and range from 9 to 16 members.
The research programme at SANAE is carried out under the auspices of the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP).
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The first expedition, SANAE 1, overwintered at Norway Station, taken over by South Africa from Norway after the end of the IGY. Later teams overwintered at SANAE I, SANAE II and SANAE III, built on the Fimbul ice shelf near the island of Blaskimen. These stations were built on ice, and inevitably got buried and crushed. SANAE IV was built on the nunatak Vesleskarvet in the hope of having a base with a longer lifetime. The first team to overwinter at SANAE IV was SANAE 36 in 1997. The base has been manned uninterruptedly since then.
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