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South Georgia Heritage Trust promotes the conservation and protection of the physical and natural environment and surrounding waters of South Georgia.
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Many Norwegians worked as whalers @ #SouthGeorgia . Øyas Venner = association to preserve and share Norwegian whaling, industrial and cultural history from SG & #Antarctica & proud history of aiding maintainance of the several whalers’ cemeteries at SG.
oyasvenner.org
King Penguins hold flippers when they are courting. A #Penguin partner will approach a potential mate & take its flipper in theirs. If it is a match, both #penguins then bray in unison as part of the courtship.
SouthGeorgiaIsland #SouthGeorgia #SGHT #AprilFool s #AprilFool
#SouthGeorgia 's wintery & the #HungryHumpbacks field season is over. After months tracking #whales & collecting data, RRS ‘SDA’ is taking them home. Tx Henry for the photos!
Ellen Chenoweth research supported by #SGHT #FOSGI
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The South Georgia's Cemeteries website is now hosted as part of the #SouthGeorgia Museum website. It records all the known graves on SG with photos ++.
cems.sgmuseum.gs
#SouthGeorgia Island #SouthGeorgia #SocialHistory #HistoricGraves #whaling #IslandLife #SGHT
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Send our lovely #Penguin #Easter cards to loved ones and friends this Easter – eGreeting Cards - the easy and quick & environmentally friendly way to send greetings and support #SouthGeorgia .
dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chariti…
#SouthGeorgia Island #SGHT #eCards #CharityShop #ecofriendly
New, rare, and hard-to-find books on #SouthGeorgia ’s #whaling #history can be found in the SGHT Online shop: sghtonline.gs/books--maps-7-…
#SouthGeorgia Island #SouthGeorgia HeritageTrust #SGHT #whale #whale s #SouthernOcean #SouthAtlantic #SocialHistory #CharityShop
#HungryHumpbacks team put satellite tag on this #SouthernRightWhale . Data will give insight on movement & feeding patterns. Saw 20 Type A #KillerWhale ; a rare sight in summer at #SouthGeorgia .
Work supported by #SGHT #FOSGI
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basnews Government SGSSI
Launching RRS ‘Discovery’ Dundee 1901. Best known through #CaptainScott , but strong association with #SouthGeorgia too - as 1st vessel for the #DiscoveryExpeditions from 1926.
More: sgmuseum.gs/history-of-sou…
Ship back in Dundee Discovery Collision Centre.
#SGHT #DiscoverDundee Government SGSSI
Penguins and albatrosses are amongst the animals to have tested positive for #AvianFlu on #SouthGeorgia . Samples from #GentooPenguin & #KingPenguin colonies confirmed the presence of HPAI.
sght.org/news/avian-inf…
#SouthGeorgia Island #SGHT #WanderingAlbatross #Penguin
Stunning, but makes #whale spotting difficult! #HungryHumpback 's drone used to measure #BlueWhale . Photos show size of berg + super shots when the HH team could not be on the water.
sght.org/whale-story-pr…
#SGHT #FOSGI #SouthGeorgia basnews @hungryhumpbacks Government SGSSI
#Dundee , where #SGHT head office is, is 1/2 a world away from #SouthGeorgia , but the city’s #penguin #sculpture means we feel right at home. sght.org
#PublicArt #Dundee City #LoveDundee #SouthGeorgia HeritageTrust
@DundeeCityCouncil Dundee Culture Discovery Point
This fab fire helmet is the #ObjectOfTheMonth from the #SouthGeorgia Museum . Find out more, & how it featured in a v odd game of cards:
sgmuseum.gs/news/march-202…
#SouthGeorgia Island #remotemuseum #museum #SouthGeorgia #SocialHistory #SGHT #SouthGeorgia HeritageTrust
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