The whaling station has been closed for 50 years, and is rusting away, except for the museum, church, graveyard and the British Antarctic Survey station on King Edward Point. Nonetheless, a rich photo opportunity. We did not know it, but due to weather, this was our last day ashore south of the Antarctic Convergence Zone.
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| Shipwrecks on the terminal moraine |
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| The rugged coast at the entrance to Grytviken |
The graveyard is well maintained,
Many of the buildings have been torn down due to asbestos contamination, but many of the skeleton structures remain. The remains of various boats and ships are rusting or rotting away.
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| Part of the pile of chains used to haul the whale carcasses ashore |
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| Boiler tubes to render the blubber into oil |
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| Storage for the whale oil |
The Lutheran Church and Museum.
A few whaling ships remain
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