South Georgia – certainly a perfect place to work for some of us. Photo: Julia Hager The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has announced a vacancy for a Government Officer, fixed term position for 40 months with a start date of September...
The art project of Scottish artist Michael Visocchi (l) has taken the next step and together with Stewart Garden (r) from WSP, the company responsible for the installation of the “Spirit Tables”, the artist has revisited Grytviken for surveys and logistics...
Just ten years ago, the main storehouse (center) of what was once the largest whaling station Grytviken was a historic accumulation of corrugated sheets and iron and closed to visitors due to the risk of collapse. But thanks to five years of restoration work, the...
The island, which is about 165 kilometers long and 35 kilometers wide, is considered a biodiversity hotspot worldwide and comprises a huge protected area that also includes the marine regions as far south as the South Sandwich Islands. But new organisms that are...
This is how Scottish artist Michael Visocchi and the South Georgia Heritage Trust envision the installation: large steel tables, each with steel rivets representing a live whale per rivet. But proportionally, areas will be free for the whales killed. The whole...