On September 13th 1909, 100 years ago, the “SS Starlight” arrived at South Georgia with men and materials to erect a shore whaling station. Her destination was a cove in Stromness Bay which ...

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

Then, early in the 20th century, with the invention of fast, steam-powered catcher boats and explosive harpoons, they built whaling stations on South Georgia and turned their attention to the big ...

I had stayed down in South Georgia to work through the winter ... There was an annual ski competition between all the whaling stations. I had learnt to ski but I took my hat off to the guys ...

However the first Argentine move of the conflict was precisely in South Georgia in mid March when 40 Argentine scrap metal workers landed at Leith Harbor, an abandoned whaling Station; they ...

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

The South Georgia Heritage Trust ... In 1904, Norwegians opened a whaling station there - that is, somewhere to process the whales' meat, blubber, and bones. In the next 60 years, more than ...

South Georgia's beaches get very busy during the breeding season Shackleton's escape from the Antarctic in 1916 is well told. It is without doubt a remarkable story given the many challenges he ...