AI generatedGrytviken
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · South Georgia
Short description of Grytviken
Grytviken is the old whaling station of South Georgia and the one landing every expedition ship makes, about two days by sea from the Falkland Islands. Founded by the Norwegian Carl Anton Larsen in 1904, it processed whales until 1966, and its rusting boilers, tanks and the stranded catcher Petrel still line the shore. Ernest Shackleton lies in the whalers' cemetery, where visitors raise a glass of whisky to him. The South Georgia Museum in the manager's villa, the wooden Norwegian church and a post office stand along the path. Elephant seals and fur seals sprawl among the ruins, and the government officers live at King Edward Point across the cove.
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Best time to visit: December – February
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- Shackleton's grave and the whisky toast (with Frank Wild's grave beside it)
- The ruins of the Grytviken whaling station
- South Georgia Museum
- The Norwegian whalers' church
- Elephant seals and fur seals among the ruins
- The stranded whale catcher Petrel
- The post office and South Georgia stamps
- King Edward Point and the Shackleton memorial cross
- The walk towards Maiviken