South Georgia

Panoramas of South Georgia Island

 

Photographs from South Georgia Island

Stromness Bay, South Georgia
Stromness Bay on the coast of South Georgia.

Corp2995 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library
Mountains (closeup) near Stromness Bay. South Georgia Island.

Whaling Station at Stromness, South Georgia

Stromness Whaling Station - Shackleton
The former Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia Island operated from 1913 to 1961 when it was abandoned due to a lack of whales.

Shackleton Stromness Whaling Station
Sir Ernest Shackleton arrived on foot at the Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia Island in May 1916 after a harrowing 1,300-kilometer small boat journey from Elephant Island.

Stromness Whaling Station - Endurance Expedition
Whaling Station Stromness Ruins

Ruins of Whaling Station, Stromness South Georgia
Stromness Whaling Station – Salvation for Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley in 1916, now in ruins.

Stromness Whaling Station, South Georgia
The South Georgia government forbids entry to this old, rusting whaling station. Even approaching within 200 metres is forbidden due to the risk of corrugated iron sheets flying in the wind.

Stromness Whaling Station, South Georgia
Ruins of Stromness Whaling Station, which was manned from 1913 to 1961.

Grytviken, South Georgia – Burial place of Sir Ernest Shackleton

Shackleton's Grave

Shackleton’s Grave

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By Lexaxis7Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5955682

 

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