For more than two centuries, the wildlife of South Georgia lived under an invisible siege. Rats and mice—unwelcome passengers that arrived aboard sealing and whaling ships in the late eighteenth century—spread across the island’s rugged coastline and valleys. To the human eye, their presence could easily be overlooked. But for South Georgia’s seabirds, especially species…
There were many milestones during the development and completion of the art plates that do really stand out as lasting life memories. The first plate of the project, Atlantic and Horned Puffins (Plate 105), was finished in May of 2006. The last illustrations, a half plate, Band-rumped Storm-petrel (Plate 151), was completed 15 years later…
Wildlife around the museum. Juvenile seals and other wildlife like to hang out in front of the museum. Anim id est laborum consectetur adipiscing elit, sed ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut…
Saving Shackleton Heritage’s dedicated landing craft. As the Saving Shackleton Heritage project draws to a close, our team on the ground has begun backloading all of the remaining cargo onto our support vessel, Meredian. At the start of the season, we had two vessels supporting cargo operations. Doing the reverse of the process with just…
Digital Capture Team Barry Bassnett, a self-proclaimed “spatial image-ineer” has been an integral support to the team. Sharing his knowledge and time with the team and helping them prepare for data capture at South Georgia, along with PQS Tech Solutions, who has supported the project by providing critical equipment to ensure our team had the…
Commensalis Whale Memorial In Grytviken, where the South Georgia Museum is located, we have installed a memorial to the thousands of whales that were killed during the first half of the 20th century, when South Georgia was at the center of the Antarctic whaling industry in hopes that global awareness will prevent mass whaling in…
Albatrosses – Seabirds at risk
South Georgia’s biosecurity dog team
Wildcounts! FOSGI and SGHT are urgently raising funds for South Georgia WildCounts, a new programme which aims to: Greatly increase the accuracy of wildlife population estimates on and around the island Monitor and rapidly react to changes in these populations due to threats like avian flu and climate change. Recent work by scientists at…
Sustained Monitoring Finding/Outcomes for SGHT and FOSGI Cumberland Bay Acoustic Moorings Deployment January and May 2025 Figure 1 KEP marine biologists are preparing the acoustic moorings Two single passive acoustic moorings were deployed in January 2025 to listen for whales in Cumberland Bay, following several delays due to the presence of large icebergs in the…