Blogs

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

Any journey to South Georgia is a bit of an epic, and this year proved to be no different! Setting off from Brize Norton, Oxford, in the wee small hours of a late-September morning, were Curator Jayne, Retail Manager Lauren and SGHT Director SG Deirdre.

South Georgia Museum Blog – March 2023 On South Georgia, time has a habit of getting away from you – and this season has been no different. One moment the team were arriving on the island, and the next we were busy deep-cleaning and packing

February Blog by Helen Balfour (Museum Assistant) BUSYNESS, BIRTHDAYS AND BUGS!   When reading all of the previous blogs that my colleagues have written, we always reflect on how busy the months have been, and February is no exception to this. This month began with

January 2023 Museum Blog – Happy New Year! Happy New Year from the SGHT Gritvyken team! January has seen fewer visitors at Grytviken which has given us the opportunity to tackle some essential museum maintenance. We are lucky to have a vast space in Grytviken