Blogs

It has been a busy season in Grytviken. January brought us to 79 ship visits and well past 10,000 visitors for the season. We often get asked what we do when there are no ships visiting. With ship visits starting to wind down in February, we have had time to do some non-ship work so we can give you some answers.

The opening weeks of 2025 have continued in much the same theme as the busy Christmas and New Year period, with 25 ships visiting during January. This month also marked an important milestone in the season – our 10,000th visitor!

South Georgia never remains the same for long (we know this by looking at a five-day weather forecast). The elements that make up our lives here, who we are surrounded by, and the furry friends we meet, all change with the movement of the seasons.

This October the museum team has been busy getting the museum ready for the busy season ahead. We arrived in late September and greeted their first ship the next day! It’s been an incredibly snowy spring in Grytviken. The first weeks of October, the track

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