Tag: South Georgia

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 08:18 UTC

  The Grytviken Church in South Georgia will celebrate 110 years this Christmas

  

  When the island of South Georgia was a booming whaling station, in the roaring forties, more than a century ago, Grytviken received what was to be the first church established in the Antarctic region. In effect the church was completed in 1913 just on time for the Christmas Day with the first ever ringing of bells occurring on Christmas Eve.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 08:31 UTC

  South Georgia Government Officer Recruitment

  

  The Government of South Georgia & The South Sandwich Islands to recruit a Government Officer on a 40-month contract starting in September 2023.

• Friday, April 7th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Argentine fishing research campaign in South Georgia Islands completed

  

  A research expedition in the South Atlantic to further explore the oceanographic fishing scenario around the South Georgia Islands ended “satisfactorily” despite the “extreme” hydro-meteorological, environmental, and topographic conditions of the area, the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MINCyT) announced this week.

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Argentina's Victor Angelescu collecting scientific data for CCAMLR in South Georgia waters

  

  The Commissioner of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SGSSI, Ambassador Alison Blake CMG, GSSI has issued permission for the vessel Victor Angelescu to conduct a CCAMLR-notified survey in South Georgia waters from 07 February to 02 March 2023.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  HMS Protector's football fixture included playing in the Antarctic Circle

  

  Sailors from the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship continued their tour of impressive football pitches (starting with Grytviken in South Georgia), when they kicked off inside the Antarctic Circle.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  South Georgia looking for an independent scientific fisheries observer

  

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) manages sustainable fisheries for toothfish, icefish and krill in the SGSSI Maritime Zone. The Government takes an ecosystem-based precautionary approach to fisheries management, underpinned by scientific research and robust monitoring and enforcement, and demands high standards across all aspects of fisheries management.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Darwin Plus Local funding scheme for South Georgia projects' applicants

  

  The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is proud to promote and encourage science that contributes to developing and upholding best-practice environmental management and that supports the active management and good governance of the Territory.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  HMS Protector play football at the most southerly and rugged pitch: South Georgia

  

  Sailors from the Royal Navy went head to head with British Antarctic Survey staff during a game of football on the most southerly – and arguably the worst – pitch in the world. The playing field, at Grytviken, the largest settlement of South Georgia Island, in the South Atlantic, is billed as the most southerly in the world, some 2,476 miles from the South Pole, to be precise.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Next of kin of the only Argentine combatant buried in South Georgia visit his grave

  

  Forty years after the end of the South Atlantic conflict, the children of Argentine Navy NCO Felix Oscar Artuso were able to visit the grave of their father, the only Falklands combatant buried in South Georgia island.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  South Georgia Museum open for business; 113 cruises booked to visit the Island

  

  The Museum on South Georgia is fully open and offering all its services for the first time since its early closure during 2019-20 season. It was closed slightly early in March 2020 due to the global pandemic and remained closed the following summer and then a very small team managed to partially operate the museum for part of last (2021-22) season.