King Haakon Bay on the southern coast of South Georgia is famous as the landing spot of Ernest Shackleton after him and a few of his crew had to sail a small boat from the Antarctica to South Georgia. This was the Imperial Trans-Antarctica Expedition of 1916 that got shipwrecked and most of the crew stayed behind at Antarctica to wait for help. When the help seekers finally arrived at South Georgia, their first sight was ‘Rose Point’ below.
These days there is a royal reception committee consisting of king penguins (below left).
The other major locals are fur seals (above right) and elephant seals (cubs below).
The bay is still a desolate place, even in good weather. Shackleton’s group had to cross the mountains to get to the whaling station on the other side of the island, but they did, and at that time everybody survived.
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