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Curator’s Blog – 23/4/2008 I can’t believe that it’s already a month since I left South Georgia but I am doing my best to settle back into city life. My time on the island passed so quickly and I must admit it would have been

Kendall Whaling Museum 16 October 1993 The story of the South Georgia Whaling Museum began in 1989 during an operation to clean up the abandoned whaling stations there. I have described in an earlier talk at this Symposium the development and final collapse of the

Curator’s Blog – 15/2/2008 Here we are, only 5 weeks left in South Georgia, the time is flying. Most of our time over the last few weeks has been taken up by visiting cruise ships. We had a fabulous afternoon with the Hanseatic who held a small

December 2007 Curator’s Blog – 13/12/07 Hello once again from South Georgia. It’s nearly Christmas and things are getting a little festive here at the Museum. On Sunday we plan to decorate the Church in Grytviken. The Church is a wooden construction, which was initially

November 2007 Shop Manager’s Blog – 26/11/07 Well time is flying here on South Georgia! We’ve already been here for over a month and have had ten cruise ship visits and seven yachts pop in to say hello. Despite our best efforts, the cake and

November 2007 Curators Blog – 8/11/07 Three weeks into our 6 months stay and things are incredibly busy here at South Georgia Museum. Everyone is settling in well and the arrival of our first two cruise ships, the Nordnorge and Ushiaia, proved to be a