On September 13th 1909, 100 years ago, the “SS Starlight” arrived at South Georgia with men and materials to erect a shore whaling station. Her destination was a cove in Stromness Bay which ...

From 1904 onwards, multiple whaling stations operated along the coast of South Georgia, killing humpback whales close to the coast first (1904-1920), then blue and fin whales further offshore ...

For those with wealth, a trip to Antarctica has become a popular choice, but writer Paul Oswell warns that visiting can be ...

They also fire the imaginations of the young Lewis and his new friend Davy, a working-class boy from the shipyard area of the ...

Her final speakers were Alison Neil, CEO of the South Georgia Heritage Trust, Dundee, and Michael Visocchi from Kirriemuir, landscape artist, sculptor and winning designer of Commensalis.

The largest blue whale on record is a female, who was measured at a South Georgia whaling station in the South Atlantic. This event occurred in 1909. She was measured at 33.58 m (110 ft 17 in). The ...

They aim to re-enact Ernest Shackleton’s 1916 sea-and-land crossing to a whaling station on the island of South Georgia – and, along the way, to photograph signs of climate change. To keep things ...

ATLANTA- On Tuesday, Locate South Georgia released the organization’s 2024 Annual Report at a presentation to over 40 economic developers and project managers from the Georgia Department of ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to South Georgia agriculture. When you think of agriculture, Artificial Intelligence probably doesn’t automatically come to mind ...

SOUTH GEORGIA, Ga. (WALB) - Six South Georgia schools have received awards for high academic performance and/or high academic growth. According to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement ...