Island of South Georgia exhibits outside the museum

Only 8000 visitors a year but a brilliant effort by the staff of the museum at Grytviken, and the govenment of south georgia. An excellent diplay of artifact from the days of whaling there. Sadly the biggest animal ever recorded, an enormous blue whale, was brought ashore and processed here. An hoourable trade at the time, for the mostly Norwegian men who lived a very hard life working there so far from home. How attitudes and odeas have changed now (mostly). 25th jan 2008, with some shipmates from the lyubov orlova. expedition cruising with quark expeditions.

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[mauroal72]

@JamesCunnyy reclamar tierras a 16000 km te parece lògico? Y si nosotros reclamamos Isle of Man? Que historia leiste pirata de 4ta?

[JamesCunnyy]

learn some history then come back and argue brainwashed argentinian.

[JamesCunnyy]

you retard falklands claimed by britain in 1690 invaded by spain in 1770 claimed by argentina in 1816 and retaken by britain in 1833.

South georgia and south sandwich islands claimed by britain in 1775 claimed by argentina in 1938.

South Shetland Islands(you not mention but still) claimed by Britain in 1819 second claim(official) in 1908, Chile claim 1940, argentine claim 1943.

South Orkney Islands claimed by britain in 1908(discovered ages before), argentina claim 1925.

[jovialduke]

heh I think you'll find it's british...

[mauroal72]

cierto , y ademas hermoso lugar de la Argentina.Ojala pronto se pueda ver la celeste y blanca

[grytviken85]

Awesome place in the southernmost Argentine province.