Whaling

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Whaling

on

South Georgia

 

workers living quarters

 

the church (restored between 1995 and 1998) beside the
dilapidated cinema (now totally collapsed)

 

the church

 

next to the entrance

 

interior

 

the altar

 

church history

 

Captain C. A. Larsen

 

items used today by the British garrison

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Graveyard

 

the Graveyard

 

Shackleton's grave

 

the marker

 

some of the tributes

 

grave of Thorvald Amundsen

 

the job of a magistrate can also be dangerous

 

a long way from New London, Connecticut to die

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British Presence

 

bridge to the garrison

 

military quarters
(garrisoned since the Malvinas War)

 

showing the flag

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