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  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Warning sign & chain that was used to secure the building against high winds.
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Dock Pilings
    Stromness Dock Pilings
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Buildings
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 6, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stromness
    Stromness
    After spending the night, photos from the Polar Star as we head to the next stop.
    Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leith
    Leith
    Stromness Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hercules Bay
    Hercules Bay
    South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waterfall
    Waterfall
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguin
    Macaroni Penguin
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bull Kelp
    Bull Kelp
    Durvillaea antarctica - at low tide.
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Macaroni Penguins
    Macaroni Penguins
    Eudyptes chrysolophus - coming and going in the waves.
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waterfall
    Waterfall
    Hercules Bay, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Tern
    Arctic Tern
    Sterna paradisaea
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grytviken
    Grytviken
    We landed at King Edward Point and walked in rain to this whaling  station.
    King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Seals were also harvested for oil and almost hunted to extinction .
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • South Georgia Museum
    South Georgia Museum
    The whaling station buildings have been removed for safety and to get rid of asbestos.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Sealing Vessels 'Albatros' & 'Dias'
    Polar Star in the background at King Edward Point.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Processing Equipment
    Processing Equipment
    Most of the equipment would have been inside buildings insulated from the cold with asbestos.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Digesters
    Digesters
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Winch
    Winch
    used to drag whales ashore for processing.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Church
    Church
    Built in 1913 with Shackleton's grave nearby.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Oil Storage Tanks
    Oil Storage Tanks
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Processing Equipment
    Processing Equipment
    Much of this would have been in buildings.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Housing
    Housing
    Note cables that support the building against high winds.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whaling Ship 'Petrel'
    Whaling Ship 'Petrel'
    Harpoon gun on the bow.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Processing Equipment
    Processing Equipment
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whale Chains
    Whale Chains
    used to drag whale carcasses ashore.
    Grytviken, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, January 7, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson