Taken in South Georgia, October 1997 (late winter) or January 1998 (early
summer). Click on any image to see an
enlargement.
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Grytviken |
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Former whaling station on left |
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Baby Elephant Seal |
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With mother |
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Dias and Albatross |
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Sealer, 167 tonnes, 1906; Whaler, 228 tonnes, 1921 |
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Petrel |
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Whale catcher, built in Oslo in 1929, 245 tons |
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Loiuse |
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Built 1869, carried prefabricated whaling station to Grytviken |
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Grave of Ernest Shackleton |
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Antarctic explorer |
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Grytviken Church |
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Restored |
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Grytviken |
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Former whaling station |
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Flensing Plan |
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Where whales were cut up |
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