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CLICK FOR INTERACTIVE MAPGritviken Whaling Station, South Georgia
coddy Says: Quite a few years since my visit. (1982) I visited the South Atlantic aboard HMS Yarmouth during the Falkland's war and was rewarded with a visit to the whaling...
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KiwiJumper Says: Because of the surrounding glaciers and mountains you can switch from clear blue sunshine and little wind to whiteout conditions in a matter of minutes. This...
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Wildlife viewing in South Geogia
darrmont Says: Our trip to South Georgia was spread over a period of about a week and was done on the Polar Pioneer with Aurora Expeditions of Sydney Australia. The highlight...
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MikeAtSea Says: In the region you are bound to be making a number of wet landings in zodiacs - hence waterproof boots are strongly recommended. Also be prepared for changes...
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MikeAtSea Says: I could only see a few King Penguins, mainly on the rocky islands opposite Prion Island, probably resting on their way to the main colonies further south. Here...
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MikeAtSea Says: Here on Prion Island some 2000 Gentoo Penguins have created their colony. The colony is situated high above the ground on a rocky cliff. The penguins would...
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MikeAtSea Says: In this extreme climate very little vegetation grows. The islands do not have a single tree, yet within the short summers many species adapted to this harsh...
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Gold Harbour - Handicapped Penguin
MikeAtSea Says: I suppose as in human life also within penguin colonies there are handicapped penguins. Sitting on the beach at Gold Harbour I encountered this penguin who very...
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Prion Island - Baby seal feeding
MikeAtSea Says: On the post where I was to work during the day, assisting our troop up along the slippery and muddy pathway I heard some noises from the side. I realized that...
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MikeAtSea Says: Arriving on Prion Island was like arriving in a kindergarten for seals. Everywhere one would find young seals, some a few days old. Many times the seals were...
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Prion Island - Albatross Nesting
MikeAtSea Says: Albatrosses nest in union, as the one part of the pair is incubating the egg the other partner is one the way somewhere in search of food. The wandering...
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Prion Island - Juvenile Albatrosses
MikeAtSea Says: Since Prion Island is a breeding island many juvenile albatrosses venture around. It is a funny yet amazing sight when these young birds train their wings and...
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A few hundred meters before the end of the Drygalski Fjord one can see a glacier on the right hand side. The Dead End Glacier moves from the mountain range...
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Q: What are the sandwich islands also known as? It came up in a quiz and no-one knew the answer - I thought it was Hawaii
A: 'Eighteenth-century British explorers renamed Hawaii the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich in England, not to describe the dish made with two slices of bread. I...
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"If you were to take a giant carving knife, slice along beneath on of the highest mountain ridges of Switzerland, just where the huge glaciers tumble into the valley below, and then drop your slice of...
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South Georgia - Shackleton's grave
Of all the places I have visited South Georgia has to be the place I have got closest to nature. Visiting there on HMS Broadsword in 1987 I had several chances to go ashore onto South Georgia. One...
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I had the opportunity to visit South Georgia whilst I was in the Falklsnds for a second visit. I travelled down by sea, on an ocean going tug and spent Christmas day and boxing day at the research...
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J42north's new South Georgia Page
South Georgia is one of those magical places still left on earth, though it, too, is changing. There are concentrations of wildlife here that eloquently demonstrate the persistence of life in the face...
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South Sandwich and South Georgia flight
13th March 2001 I had the chance of a VC10 flight over the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia and I didn't hesitate to accept it! It was a 7 hour flight from Mount Pleasant and back again most...
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