Hercules Bay is a small sheltered bay on the North coast of South Georgia. Its inhabitants consist mainly of macaroni penguins, and fur and elephant seals. The rocky and slippery coast poses some difficultes, even though the animals are quite adept at climbing it. The macaroni penguins are distinguished by the yellow feathered crest onContinue reading “Macaroni in Hercules Bay”
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Grytviken, South Georgia
Grytviken, the ‘capital’ of South Georgia, used to be the main whaling station until 1962, when it closed. The reason for closing it was that after having processed over 175 000 whales, there were too few left. These days Grytviken is essentially a museum populated by seals and the odd penguin. In the surrounding waters,Continue reading “Grytviken, South Georgia”
Godthul, South Georgia
Godthul is a somewhat sheltered bay on the Northern coast of South Georgia. Until 1937 it hosted a whaling depot to keep some essentials. These days gentoo penguins, fur seals and elephant seals have the place to themselves, with giant petrels, sheathbills and Arctic terns flying around. Off the coastline humpback whales also enjoy theContinue reading “Godthul, South Georgia”
Salisbury Plain and Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia
Both places can be found on the north shore of South Georgia (see below) – the Salisbury Plain is slightly inland from the Bay of Isles and Prince Olav Harbour is the small inlet just under Cape Buller. You could not land at the coast of the Salisbury Plain, as the beach was already occupiedContinue reading “Salisbury Plain and Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia”
King Haakon Bay, South Georgia
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 crewContinue reading “King Haakon Bay, South Georgia”
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