Hungry humpbacks outcomes so far Hungry humpbacks outcomes so far With SGHT and FOSGI support, the Hungry Humpbacks project team conducted four successful field seasons collecting data on humpback whale body size and condition, both on migration south to South Georgia (Dr Eduardo Camargo, Abrolhos Bank, Brazil) in 2023, in South Georgia in 2024 and…
Ernest Shackleton and the Long Wake of Endurance (note: Rewrite of Anna’s original article long version) Leadership, survival, and the making of a polar legend Few figures in Antarctic history cast as long a shadow as Sir Ernest Shackleton. His name endures not because he conquered the continent, but because he chose people over…
Preserving Shackleton’s Legacy-Part of the Whaling Station Initiative Friends of South Georgia Island together with South Georgia Heritage Trust, has embarked on a momentous endeavor known as the Whaling Station Initiative (WSI). This series of projects is dedicated to safeguarding South Georgia’s profound cultural heritage while simultaneously preserving the island’s unique wildlife and environment for…
Shackleton’s island of return Some places become legends because history happened there. South Georgia is different. It answered. When hope thinned to a line and the Southern Ocean had the last word, this island gave Ernest Shackleton his way back. For the Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia was never incidental. It was a place he knew,…