Port Louis was established by Louis de Bougainville in 1764 as the first French settlement on the islands. On March 25th the Princess Royal will travel to Grytviken, South Georgia, on MV Pharos ...

Since last mid December South Georgia's two settlements Grytviken and King Edward Point (KEP) have been powered by hydro electricity reports the South Georgia Island Newsletter. The first hydro ...

The island seems marked in some unusual way ... was hauled ashore at South Georgia's Grytviken whaling station in 1912. The 1920s saw the introduction of factory whaling ships that could catch ...

Dive into a bit of history in the waters surrounding this remote Antarctic island, the site of famed explorer Sir Ernest ...

Michael Visocchi’s sculpture Commensalis, celebrates the whales of Antarctica who are beginning to return to the island of South Georgia.

The wooden cross stood for almost 100 years at King Edward Point, South Georgia, near Grytviken ... of ocean before reaching the island of South Georgia. The last voyage Ernest Shackleton took ...

Shackleton died in 1922, aged 47, in Grytviken, South Georgia ... Heritage Trust (SGHT), the Government of South Georgia and ...