Tag: South Georgia Museum

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 18:46 UTC

  South Georgia Heritage Trust unveils Memorial to 175.000 whales, … and their fantastic resurgence

  

  An artwork memorializing the impact of the whaling industry on marine life has been installed in South Georgia. The memorial by artist Michael Visocchiis, who was chosen through an international competition, is called Commensalis: The Spirit Tables of South Georgia. Once completed, the memorial will consist of seven circular tables made of weathered steel.

• Saturday, June 6th 2015 - 07:41 UTC

  South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands coat of arms anniversary featured on new Crown coin

  

  The Treasury of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands have launched a crown coin which marks the 30th anniversary of the territory’s granting of a Coat of Arms by Royal Ascent. The Coat of Arms of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands was granted in 1985, upon the formal creation of the territory.

• Monday, January 13th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

  Busy November in South Georgia with 11 cruises, yachts and HMS Protector

  

  November was a busy month for cruise vessels: eleven cruise ships visited South Georgia between the 9th and 29th, according to the South Georgia Newsletter. One cruise ship, Ortelius, reached the rarely visited South Sandwich Islands and was able to put scientist Tom Hart ashore on Saunders Island where he took soil samples and set up two camera-traps to monitor the penguin colonies.