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Whale of a Weekend Lived Up To Its Name
August 15, 2025
Whale of a Weekend Lived Up To Its Name Alliteration aside, it truly was a “Whale of a Weekend!”. This...
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March 2025 Museum Team Blog: Going Out with a Flare for the 2024-25 Season!
May 6, 2025
March got off to an exciting start in Grytviken, with the arrival of a handful of unexpected (but very welcome!)...
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February 2025 Museum Team Blog: What do you do when there are no ships in?
March 14, 2025
It has been a busy season in Grytviken. January brought us to 79 ship visits and well past 10,000 visitors...
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January 2025 Museum Team Blog – Burns Night & Museum Mysteries
February 13, 2025
The opening weeks of 2025 have continued in much the same theme as the busy Christmas and New Year period,...
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December 2024 Museum Team Blog – Hellos, goodbyes, and sunrises!
January 31, 2025
South Georgia never remains the same for long (we know this by looking at a five-day weather forecast). The elements...
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November 2024 Museum Blog – Fur Seal Pups & Tidy Ups
December 1, 2024
The refrain from the museum team throughout November was ‘where did October go?!’, and it seems like November has now...
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October 2024 Museum Blog – Sledging, Snow-Clearing, and Shivering
October 31, 2024
This October the museum team has been busy getting the museum ready for the busy season ahead. We arrived in...
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Prof. Elaine Shemilt’s 17km run raises funds for SGHT
September 15, 2024
Congratulations to Elaine Shemilt on her successful fundraising run funds for SGHT!
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Shackleton Memorial Cross to go on display in Dundee
May 22, 2024
The Boss’ Memorial Cross transported over 7,000 thousand miles from South Georgia to Dundee aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough. On Monday...
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March 2024 Museum Blog – ‘Another record year for the South Georgia Museum!’
April 4, 2024
It seems like no time at all that we were all staring down at King Edward Point from the deck...
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