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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.
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An impressive remnant of early 20th-century whaling, Grytviken is a well-preserved former station abandoned by Norwegian hunters after they had exhausted the local whale population Grytviken cruises Region: Antarctica Destinations: South Georgia The whale industry origins of Grytviken, South Georgia
Grytviken whaling station, South Stock Image C016/8064 Science Photo Library
Sep 2016. We were finishing a degustation nearby and mentioned that we had walked part of the canal de lalinde and found a way down to the Dordogne banks. The proprietor told us as we loaded the car with wine that, if we had the time, l'ecluses nearby were a must-see. My French wasn't good enough to work out what we were looking and we stopped.
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]
A blue whale lies on the flensing platform at the Grytviken whaling station on the British
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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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
GRYTVIKEN WHALING STATION All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go
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.
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 Photograph by Martin Zwick Fine Art America
Grytviken Whaling Station 4.5 79 reviews #2 of 4 things to do in Grytviken Historic SitesGhost Towns Write a review What people are saying By Donna G " First stop on S. Georgia - historical whaling station " Mar 2023 There is a docent who will give you a tour of the grounds and the history of the whaling station. By swoodruf
The Petrel a whale catcher. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Grytviken is open to
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 , South Island,the abandoned whaling station where Earnest Shackleton's body
This is Grytviken, the whaling station on the British island of South Georgia, lying in the South Atlantic roughly 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) due east of the bottom boot tip of Argentina..
Grytviken whaling station, South Island 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 & 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, South Stock Image C007/2298 Science Photo Library
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 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.
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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 .