Dr Jennifer Keys, Doctor at King Edward Point in 2005, went on to do an MSc Thesis on the Medical History of South Georgia. This was sponsored by the Shackleton Scholarship Fund and a copy of her thesis may be downloaded from the site. The document discusses medical provision, and the causes of illnes and […]
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The Cemeteries of South Georgia A record of cemeteries and burial sites, and the people who lie on the island. South Georgia The Island of South Georgia lies at the Southern extreme of the South Atlantic Ocean, on the edge of the cold Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica. 600 miles from the nearest land, the
Added information about the recent (2012) death of cruise ship passenger Eileen Larrimore at Stromness.
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A new section has been added to record information about burials and scatterings of ashes.
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According to records in the SPRI archive (Ref: 1228/17/39), the ashes of renowned scientist and explorer W S Bruce were scattered at sea on Easter Monday 2 April 1923. They were taken out from Leith Harbour on the catcher Symra, in strong northerly weather, by the magistrate from Grytviken and the manager of the Salvesen’s
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Bob Burton sent two photographs taken by Bill Vaughan.
Photos of Albert Watt’s funeral procession Read More »
Upgraded the underlying software (Joomla) to version 2.5 Simplified the menu system Included the entire 98/99 project newsletters
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SOUTH GEORGIA’S CEMETERIES The island of South Georgia lies in the southern Atlantic Ocean on the edge of the Antarctic. During the first half of this century it was used as a base for the whaling industry and shore stations were set up as factories for processing the meat, blubber and bone of the whales.
SOUTH GEORGIA CEMETERY PROJECT 1998/99 Initial Deployment of equipment to the whaling stations 25 September 1998 We arrived back in South Georgia in early July. Pat’s job as Marine officer at King Edward Point (KEP) has given us both time to gather all the food, fuel, materials and tools together in plenty of time before
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Dear all, Excuse us putting you on a huge mailing list but we are at the mercy of an expensive satellite link so can’t afford a message each, especially when they would all be much the same anyway. We are now installed in the not-so-little hut that used to be the manager’s villa forty years
02 Weekly News 24 November 1998 Read More »