The South Georgia Museum’s Whalers’ Memory Bank Project has unearthed a new photograph from the collection donated by the family of Jock Murray.
New Photograph of Alex McNair’s 1960 Leith Funeral Read More »
The Hope Point memorial cross, erected by Shackleton‘s men when he died on South Georgia in 1916, was removed in 2019 as it was showing signs of rot. Once it was deemed beyond repair, a replacement was put in place, with the cairn being rebuilt to look more like its original form – It had
Hope Point Memorial Cross on Display in Dundee Read More »
A memorial was placed to Wayne Clasen of the government building team, who died in the Falkland Islands a few years ago. More information HERE
Memorial to Wayne Clasen Read More »
In March 2018, during the SGHT Rodent Monitoring project that completed the eradication project, a visit to Prince Olav Harbour enabled the replica grave marker for John Anderson’s grave on pig point to be placed in the correct position. The replica had been placed a few metres away due to fur seal activity at the
John Anderson grave marker placement Read More »
Thanks to Jan-Erik Poulsbo-Mo, who has researched information about some of the men lost when the whaling factory ship Fridjof Nansen sank in 1906.
Fridjof Nansen shipreck of 1906 – Information Read More »
The ashes of Ben Hodges were scattered at Hope Point on 23 November 2017.
Ben Hodges ashes scattered Read More »
Information about the ashes of Henry Worsley, buried at Grytviken December 2017.
Ashes of Henry Worsley Read More »
Many thanks to correspondent Bente for some information from the Norwegian archives about Carl Edvardsen, buried in Ocean Harbour in 1920.
Biographical Information about Carl Edvardsen at Ocean Harbour Read More »
Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the German expedition that visited South Georgia with the Deutschland in 1911, describes the Grytviken Cemetery and the circumstances of the loss of Walter Slossarczyk in his book To the Sixth Continent.
Filchner’s description of Grytviken in 1911 Read More »
Information in the book Pesca by Ian Hart, about Julius Isaksen, the first Norwegian to be buried in the cemetery at Grytviken, in 1906. There are a couple of unmarked graves in the area of the first few graves in the cemetery, so he is most likley buried in grave B6 or B10.
Information about Julius Isaksen at Grytviken from Ian Hart’s book ‘Pesca’ Read More »