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SGA July 2025 Event – Save the Date

11 March 2025

The South Georgia Association is holding an event at the British Antarctic Survey headquarters in Cambridge on 4-5 July.

Get ready for two days of exciting presentations! Whales, seals, science, archives, mapping, climate change, marine protection, and more! We can’t wait to see you there!
Venue: British Antarctic Survey
Price: TBC
Numbers will be limited so tickets will be on a first come, first served basis with SGA members given priority booking.
Look out for more information in the coming weeks!

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Protected: Explorers Map of South Georgia

24 February 2025

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‘Cook’s Landing – 250th Anniversary and Geology Fieldwork 200 Years On’ Talk is Online

20 January 2025

The SGA Online Talk of 17 January 2025, “Cook’s Landing – 250th Anniversary and Geology Fieldwork 200 Years On” with Bruce Mair can now be seen on our YouTube channel. You can see this, and our previous talks, on the SGA Video Recordings page via the Resources menu on our website.

Click Here to see The Recording

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Online SGA Talk – 17 January 2025 – 250th Anniversary of First Landing

10 December 2024

The South Georgia Association is pleased to present an online talk on Friday 17 January 2025.

Who and What: Cook’s Landing on South Georgia 1775, and Geological Fieldwork on the 200th and 202nd Anniversaries. Dr Bruce Mair

17 January 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing on South Georgia while on his second voyage of exploration (1772-1775) aboard HMS Resolution. Former BAS Geologist Bruce Mair will describe aspects of Cook’s earlier life and arrival at South Georgia and add personal recollections of geological fieldwork on the south coast and inland glaciers of the island coincident with the 200th and 202nd anniversaries.

Where: The Comfort of your own Home, via Zoom

When: 1900 on Friday 17 January 2025 (1900 GMT for overseas viewers)

Cost: Free

Get Your Tickets HERE

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November 2024 SGA Newsletter Published

30 November 2024

The South Georgia Association’s April 2024 Newsletter has been published.

It contains articles about:

South Georgia and icebergs
SG Association and Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute event, July 2024,
including Morag Husband Campbell Medal awards
SG&SSI emblem at Palace of Westminster
Reports on SG Association Bob Burton Awards
Captain James Cook, HMS Resolution, 17 January 1775
Place names at Stromness
South Georgia Government news
SGHT Update from SG
SG Government News
‘Antarctic Whaling – a case study in near extinction’ book
SG Association news, including new Chair.

Members’ paper copies will be in the post soon and the e-copy is online via the News menu above (If you need the password it will be emailed to members soon after publishing – it is the same as last time).

Older issues are free for anybody to download from the newsletters page of this website. (Now including last November’s Issue)

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Morag Husband Campbell Medal 2025 – Call for Nominations

22 November 2024

The South Georgia Association is inviting nominations for the award of the Morag Husband Campbell medal for the eighth year.

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GSGSSI Annual Report 2023

21 November 2024

The Government of South Georgia has published its 2023 annual report.

Click HERE to download the report from the GSGSSI website.

Alternatively you can download it directly from our own archive:

GSGSSI Annual Report 2023 (4.81 MB)

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Photograph of Philippa Foster Back in front of an iceberg

New Chair for South Georgia Association

8 October 2024

The Committee of the South Georgia Association has appointed Mrs Philippa Foster Back CBE to be its new Chairman in succession to Professor David Drewry, who is retiring.

Mrs Foster Back has a distinguished career in finance and business and numerous Polar connections. She is currently Chairman of the Antarctic Place-names Committee and has formerly chaired the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute (FoSPRI), the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust and the South Georgia Heritage Trust. From 2001 to 2020 she was Director of the Institute of Business Ethics.

The President of the SGA, David Tatham, said: “We are delighted that Mrs Foster Back has agreed to become our new Chairman. She has a distinguished career in business and finance and many Antarctic connections. At the same time we are deeply grateful to Professor Drewry who has been our Chairman for fourteen years during which the activities of the Association have expanded considerably. He also saw us through the Covid years when our meetings and lectures had to go on-line.”

The handover will take place at a Committee meeting on 9 October 2024

Download a Press Release :

New SGA Chair 2024 Press Release (1.28 MB)

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Endurance Discovery Film Premiere

9 September 2024

The National Geographic film depicting the search for the 100-year-old wreck of Shackleton’s ship ‘Endurance’ will be premiered in London’s Royal Festival Hall on 12 October 2024.

Tickets go on sale on 17 September 2024

Click Here to Book Tickets