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During the whaling era, in the early 1900s, the first government Magistrate took the advice from the whaling companies and made several recommendations to install various lights, beacons and a bell buoy to aid navigation around South Georgia. All of these were installed and maintained

It seems like no time at all that we were all staring down at King Edward Point from the deck of the Fisheries Patrol Vessel Pharos SG – eagerly anticipating the coming season and all the adventures it would contain. Now, there is a distinct

  The February SG Museum blog was written by Helen Balfour – Curatorial Intern One of our most asked questions at the South Georgia Museum is if we get bored while we’re here. You might assume when you’re living so far away from ‘civilisation’ that

The January SG Museum blog was written by Lauren Elliott – Retail Manager. January saw us welcome nearly four thousand visitors as we hit the halfway mark of the season. With such a busy visit schedule, good-weather non-ship working days are rare, but we need

The December Museum blog was written by Bodil Malmose – Museum Assistant. December is usually a busy month for us at the South Georgia Museum – this year was no different, both our work schedule and social calendar were packed full! A rare break between

The November SG Museum blog was written by Lauren Elliott – Retail Manager. To give you a true insight into life on island, I am cosy inside writing this, whilst outside the snow is coming down and the winds are gusting 65 knots! This summer