Grytviken whaling station, South Stock Image C007/2299 Science Photo Library


Grytviken whaling station, South Stock Image C007/2299 Science Photo Library

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Grytviken , South Island,the abandoned whaling station where Earnest Shackleton's body

Grytviken is the only station that has been extensively cleaned to remove hazards like asbestos, fuel oil, and crumbling buildings. It's also the only whaling station on South Georgia that is accessible to visitors- at all others people must stay 200 m away. Ruined ship in Grytviken


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Located at the west end of King Edward Cove in Cumberland Bay, Grytviken Whaling Station is an incredibly important site in Antarctic history. Not only was it the first shore-based whaling station constructed in the modern era (built in 1904), but it was also the longest operating of the whaling stations on South Georgia (closing in 1965).


Old whaling station, Grytviken, South South Atlantic Stock Photo Alamy

The Museum is located in Grytviken, a former whaling station on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.The collections are owned by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), a British Overseas Territory in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. The museum is managed and operated by the charity South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) which is based in Dundee, Scotland.


Grytviken whaling station, South Stock Image C016/8064 Science Photo Library

Grytviken - An Abandoned Whaling Station In The South Atlantic South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands is a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The population is approximately 30 and most are involved with Antarctic tourism .


Grytviken Whaling Station In South Stock Image Image of ship, outside 184705041

The Museum is located in Grytviken, a former whaling station on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The collections are owned by the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), a British Overseas Territory in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. The museum is managed and operated by the charity South Georgia Heritage Trust.


GRYTVIKEN WHALING STATION All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

This eerie, hauntingly beautiful town was once South Georgia's main whaling station. At it's peak, up to 500 men lived here each summer catching whales and distilling their carcasses down to blubber and oil. Up to 25 whales, each 60 to 70 feet long, could be processed in just a day! But today, only penguins and seals call Grytviken home.


Grytviken Whaling Station, South Islands Purcell

Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island.It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply. It became South Georgia's principal station and settlement, and a port-of-call for ships heading to Antarctica.


Grytviken Whaling Station, South Islands Purcell

Explore Grytviken - a tiny settlement on South Georgia in the South Atlantic. It was formerly a large whaling station (now abandoned). The settlement was es.


Grytviken Whaling Station, South Islands Purcell

Grytviken ( / ˈɡrɪtviːkən / GRIT-vee-kən Norwegian: [ˈɡɾŷːtviːkn̩]) is a hamlet on South Georgia in the South Atlantic and formerly a whaling station and the largest settlement on the island. It is located at the head of King Edward Cove within the larger Cumberland East Bay, considered the best harbour on the island. [1]


Grytviken whaling station, South Island Stock Photo Alamy

1. The name is Swedish. The name Grytviken, Swedish for "the Pot Bay," was coined by the Swedish explorer Johan Gunnar Andersson, who found old "try pots" used by the English to render seal oil. One of these try pots is preserved in the South Georgia Museum. 2. Grytviken was founded by a Norwegian sea captain.


Grytviken whaling station, South Stock Image C007/2298 Science Photo Library

Grytviken was home to the first permanent whaling station in South Georgia and was founded in 1904 by Carl Anton Larsen, the father of the island's whaling industry. It sits in King Edward Cove at the head of Cumberland Bay, in what the explorer Frank Wild called 'the finest natural harbour' in South Georgia.


The Petrel a whale catcher. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Grytviken is open to

Grytviken was established under such circumstances, and on 16 November 1904 Norwegian sea captain Carl Anton Larsen, started what would be the largest whaling station in the South Atlantic. Related Content: A Tour to Pyramiden: Soviet Ghost Town in Svalbard Grytviken Whaling Station Image: Lexaxis7 / CC BY-SA


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This whaling station on South Georgia Island was where whales were processed for oil and other products -- dangerous, difficult work. Show more Show more


Grytviken Whaling Station, South Photograph by Martin Zwick Fine Art America

Grytviken was home to the largest whaling station in South Georgia, and it's impossible to walk around the corroded ruins of its processing plant without feeling a sense of dread at the massacres that occurred here over decades.


GRYTVIKEN WHALING STATION Ce qu'il faut savoir pour votre visite

By 1912, seven whaling stations had been established and South Georgia became known as the southern capital of whaling. Stations were built and operated as follows: 1904 to 1965. Compania Argentina de Pesca operated Grytviken to 1959. Albion Star used it and then sub leased to Gyogyo Kabushiki Ltd of Japan for its last two seasons.

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