Tag: South Georgia

• Monday, November 17th 2025 - 21:16 UTC

  Avian flu decimates seal elephant population in South Georgia; few survivors emerge in Uruguayan beaches

  

  In the last few months there have been at least twenty incidents of elephant seals emerging along Uruguayan beaches, both females and males, and allegedly they belong to “deep South species”, according to local environmental and animal protection organizations such as “FaunaMarinaSOS”.

• Monday, November 17th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

  South Georgia stamps celebrate 250 years of British Crown possession

  

  The Falkland Islands Postal and Philatelic Service on Thursday 13 November released a commemorative set of stamps celebrating when Captain James Cook 250 years ago, landed at Possession Bay and took possession of the South Georgia island in the name of King George.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 21:33 UTC

  South Georgia receives the visit of Commissioner Martin-Reynolds

  

  The Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds has visited the British Overseas Territory, some 1.400 kilometers east/south east of the Falklands, and which are also in his realm of action.

• Monday, October 6th 2025 - 08:39 UTC

  South Georgia invitation to Tender for a UK flagged Fisheries Protection Vessel

  

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) invites tenders for the Time Charter of a UK-flagged Patrol, Security and Fisheries Protection Vessel (FPV).

• Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

  South Georgia, forty year old Antarctica iceberg breaking up and drifting north

  

  Almost four decades after breaking from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, a still massive iceberg is showing its age. The berg, named A-23A, is shedding large chunks of ice as it drifts in the southern South Atlantic Ocean, about 2,400 kilometers north of its birthplace.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 07:01 UTC

  South Georgia Island, call for Expressions of Interest for Provision Biosecurity Services

  

  In October 2025 approximately 250 m3 / eight 20ft shipping containers of building materials and vehicles will be shipped to South Georgia as part of a project run by the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) to stabilize the managers villa at Stromness.

• Monday, May 26th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

  South Georgia launching the Biosecurity Dog Program to check on rodents

  

  Some seven years ago this month, the island of South Georgia was declared free or rodents, rats and mice, becoming the world’s biggest and successful project to eradicate the dangerous, destructive invasive species. For nearly 250 years rodents had devastated the island’s wildlife.

• Monday, May 12th 2025 - 15:44 UTC

  Life on South Georgia as a Government Officer, “the best decision of my life”

  

  By Nadine Orme - As I walk to work this morning, I pause to allow a group of penguins the time to wander down the path in front of me. This may sound like a dream, but for me it is day to day reality, and it’s absolutely incredible. From the moment I arrived here I knew I had made the best decision of my life in coming to work on South Georgia as a government officer.

• Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:25 UTC

  South Georgia, Expressions of Interest for the time charter of a UK-Flagged Fisheries Patrol Vessel

  

  The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is seeking expressions of interest for the Time Charter of a UK-flagged Fisheries Patrol Vessel (FPV).

• Saturday, April 12th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  South Georgia, new electronic permit system (EPS) for visitors next season

  

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has announced that it will launch a new electronic permit system (EPS) for visitors to the Territories in advance of the next tourist season, replacing the current system of levying landing fees by an individual visitor permit charge. The cost of a visitor permit will be set initially at £200.