A team of cartographers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has re-produced a high-resolution updated map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The island, situated at 37°W 54°10’S is a ...

South Georgia Island ... southern tip of the main island when he realized this was not continental Antarctica. An officer of the Royal Navy, Cook named it The Isle of Georgia in honor of his ...

He and a few of his men would have to leave Antarctica's Elephant Island ... on the remote but inhabited island of South Georgia. That they survived such a long voyage despite stormy weather ...

The seed was left here by tourists several years ago, who came to see the wonders of the last remaining wilderness on planet Earth: Antarctica ... Antarctic Islands from South Georgia to ...