IN PICS | A year of isolation, birds and inner peace
Vanessa Stephen has just spent 12 months on Marion Island, monitoring albatrosses and getting in touch with herself
01 June 2025 - 00:00
Ecologist Vanessa Stephen sailed into a Cape Town gilded by sun on the icebreaker SA Agulhas II this week, after a year on Marion Island where she studied the effects of climate change on the endangered wandering albatross and other birds. ..
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