Grytviken

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Grytviken and Stomness

 

whaling factories at Grytviken

 

 and Stromness

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Grytviken

 

Grytviken means "Pot Bay"
used in the 19th century as a place for boiling down Elephant seals for oil

 

the plan where whales were carved up for boil down

in 1904 converted for whale oil extraction

 

 

abandoned whaling ship
whaling was discontinued in 1965

 

harpoon gun on the bow

 

 

 

 

half sunken whaling ship

 

whale oil storage tanks

 

ruins of refrigeration plant

What the Whalers left behind

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Stromness

 

first used as a whaling factory, later just a repair yard

 

bronze ship's propellers

 

when an Argentine ship came to salvage some of the valuable metal,
the alarm was sounded which may have lead to the Malvinas War

 

ship's rudder

 

early engine

 

tally board

 

Manager's home

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