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Residents Fight to Protect Threatened Island Community in Georgia Supreme Court
At stake are voting rights and zoning changes that threaten to lead to displacement of the Gullah Geechee community.
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South Georgia Island Was Spared After The World's Largest Iceberg Grinded To A Halt, But It's Not Over Yet
A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?
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Ice and Isolation: The Discovery and Exploration of South Georgia
South Georgia Island is isolated from the civilized world and trapped in the most cruel of climates, but it was destined for discovery. From its first recorded sightings more than 300 years ago ...
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3 Georgia islands named 'South's best beach towns.' See why they're better than Florida
Need to figure out your summer beach trip plans? Well, Southern Living named Georgia's St. Simons Island as the best beach town in the South. Out of 50 beaches ranked on the list, St. Simon holds the ...
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Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia's highest court
Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black people descended from slaves SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Georgia's ...