[Leica] Fortuna Bay and grytviken

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Some good stuff, Jayanand, but the best - for me - is you standing on South 
Georgia with your own private yacht in the background!

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 5:04 PM
Subject: [Leica] Fortuna Bay and grytviken


> Still on South Georgia, two locations with a strong flavour of
> Shackleton. Fortuna Bay is adjacent to Stromness, and at the very end
> of his heroic journey, he traversed the bay, climbed a hill and
> descended to Stromness and civilization. Just a few photographs from
> there:
>
> Fur Seals: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_3039.jpg.html
>
> Moulting King Penguins:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_3099.jpg.html
>
> South Georgia Pintail:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140112_3286.jpg.html
>
> Grytviken was the premier whaling station on South Georgia throughout
> the whaling years, set up by a Norwegian, Carl Anton Larsen in 1904.
> During this period, 1904 to 1965, no less than 175.250 whales had been
> processed through all the whaling stations on South Georgia, in
> addition to millions of seals (both fur and elephant seals), leading
> to the virtual decimation of all these populations around South
> Georgia. In addition, the human presence introduced the brown rat,
> which in turn decimated all the ground breeding birds in the pockets
> where it is present. Luckily, it cannot spread throughout the island,
> as it is blocked by glaciers. There is an effort going on at present
> to systematically exterminate it wherever it is established.
> Shackleton died here on his Fourth Polar Expedition, and at his wife's
> request, was buried at the graveyard at Grytviken:
>
> Approaching Grytviken:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140112_3333.jpg.html
>
> Grytviken: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140112_3354.jpg.html
>
> The Whaler's Church:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140112_3426.jpg.html
>
> Shackleton's Grave:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140112_3367.jpg.html
>
> A Toast: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140112_3371.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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