Ever wondered how a place on South Georgia got its name? The Antarctic Placenames Committee (APC) maintains the gazetteer for the South Georgia Government. You can see it on the APC website HERE that is managed…
Robert Burton wrote this article for the Falkland Islands Journal in 2020. It describes the history of the gun emplacements at Leith and Grytviken, which were installed to protect the then-vital whaling industry for the second…
The South Georgia Association in association with the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) are pleased to present another online talk on Thursday 20 May 2021. Who: Marcus Brittain from the University of Cambridge will tell us…
The South Georgia Association’s April 2021 Newsletter has been published. Attached are the 2021 audited accounts summary and a cut-out-and-make model of the RRS James Clark Ross, which features in the Newsletter. Members’ copies will be…
The talk by Laura Gerrish and Sally Thorpe from the British Antarctic Survey that we held online on 25 February 2021 is now in our YouTube Channel. You can see it by selecting the ‘SGA Video…
The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GSGSSI) has just published a new strategy for managing the island over the next five years. … Five-Year Plan for South Georgia PublishedRead More »
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The SGA organises events for members to get together and meet, as well as to learn about subjects of interest about South Georgia.
Under the present circumstances we have been organising online talks in place of real get-togethers, but watch this space!
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