[Leica] Fortuna Bay and grytviken

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

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