MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 20th 2009
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Monday, September 21st 2009 - 06:57 UTC
South Georgia’s whaling history to the prelude of the Falklands conflict (*)
On September 13th 1909, 100 years ago, the “SS Starlight” arrived at South Georgia with men and materials to erect a shore whaling station. Her destination was a cove in Stromness Bay which became known appropriately as Leith Harbour because the company building the station was Christian Salvesen's of Leith, on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
