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World Service,21 Apr 2022,40 mins

Surviving apartheid to make maritime history

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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. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com (Photo: Captain Knowledge Bengu, Master of the ‘S.A. Agulhas II’, and Ice Pilot for the Endurance22 Expedition, Captain Freddie Ligthelm. Credit: Courtesy of African Marine Solutions (AMSOL))

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