Surviving apartheid to make maritime history
Captain Knowledge Bengu battled racial discrimination to become the first black African ice pilot. Earlier this year he captained the voyage to discover Shackleton's Endurance.
Captain Knowledge Bengu battled racial discrimination to become the first black African ice pilot. Earlier this year he led the voyage to discover Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance which sank below the Antarctic ice over 100 years ago.
A longer verision of this interview was first broadcast in April 2022.
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Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: June Christie/Troy Holmes
(Photo: Captain Knowledge Bengu, Master of the βS.A. Agulhas IIβ, and Ice Pilot for the Endurance22 Expedition, Captain Freddie Ligthelm. Credit: Courtesy of African Marine Solutions.)
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