The Boss’ Memorial Cross transported over 7,000 thousand miles from South Georgia to Dundee aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough. On Monday 20 May, it was announced that the cross from Shackleton’s Hope Point memorial will soon be on display at Discovery Point Museum; home of the Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery, the ship that first carried Shackleton…
It seems like no time at all that we were all staring down at King Edward Point from the deck of the Fisheries Patrol Vessel Pharos SG – eagerly anticipating the coming season and all the adventures it would contain. .. Read the full blog on the South Georgia Island Museum blog …
The February SG Museum blog was written by Helen Balfour – Curatorial Intern. Read the blog on the South Georgia museum website…
The January SG Museum blog was written by Lauren Elliott – Retail Manager. Read it on the museum site…
The South Georgia Museum team’s blogs have started again! Read them here. https://sgmuseum.gs/latest-news/
Sammy is one of the biosecurity detector dogs supported by donors to the South Georgia Heritage Trust and Friends of South Georgia Island. Artist Louise Clarke has done this sketch of him for a set of stamps, featuring 6 working dogs from around the Falklands Following the successful rodent eradication by SGHT and…
Today is #WorldConservationDay – so we’re featuring some of the lesser known birds that live and breed on South Georgia, and one of their protectors, the biosecurity dog Sammy! With its harsh climate and lack of shelter, South Georgia is a challenging place for birds to live and breed, and so making sure they are…
This free event is on 7 July 2023 and will focus on Orca in the Southern Ocean. Sign up now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southern-ocean-stories-the-orcas-tale-tickets-656851690087?aff=SGHT Two whale researchers who specialise in studying Orca will describe their work in South Georgia and Antarctica. Jared Towers is a whale researcher, author, and captain who works primarily on Killer Whales. He studies…
OUT NOW: Latest info on the restoration of Gough & Pitcairn islands: https://shorturl.at/sGIXY The Overwintering Team tell of their trip to count Tristan Albatrosses, there is news from Pitcairn, and the latest on efforts to remove invasives from Amsterdam Island (Indian Ocean).
3 weeks to get home & a review of the busiest ever summer in the final blog of the season from the South Georgia Museum.