South Africa: Ship Agulhas Departs for Marion Island

9 March 2011

Pretoria — The South African Agulhas will on Thursday depart for a 14-day voyage to Marion Island and back, for the official opening of the Marion Island Research Base.

Deputy Minister of Public Works, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu will officially hand over the new base to the Department of Environmental Affairs.

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