746-91114 - The church. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91110 - Wreck of a small ship. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91119 - Wreck of the Bayard in Ocean Harbour a whaling station in South Georgia, with a colony of South Georgia Shag (Phalacrocorax georgianus). Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91113 - The Petrel a whale catcher. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91112 - The Petrel a whale catcher. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91117 - Ruins of the whaling station Ocean Harbour in South Georgia. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91111 - Wreck of the Dias in Grytviken. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91115 - Ruins of Stromness Whaling Station in South Georgia Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91109 - Wreck with Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) on the former Flensing Plan. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91108 - The former Flensing Plan. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91116 - Ruins of Stromness Whaling Station in South Georgia, sign to ban access to the station. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91118 - Ruins of the whaling station Ocean Harbour in South Georgia. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91120 - Wreck of the Bayard in Ocean Harbour a whaling station in South Georgia, with a colony of South Georgia Shag (Phalacrocorax georgianus). Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

746-91107 - Cemetery. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

911-10809 - The old abandoned whaling station on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsular which is an active volcanic caldera.

911-10808 - The old abandoned whaling station on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsular which is an active volcanic caldera.

911-10804 - An abandoned whaling boat with a harpoon on its bow at the old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

911-10805 - The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

911-10807 - The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

832-377916 - Church of Grytviken, former whaling station, King Edward Cove, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, British Overseas Territory, South Atlantic Ocean, Subantarctic, Antarctica

1174-799 - Tall rusting metal whale oil tanks at the former whaling station on Deception Island, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

1174-800 - The tall sides of rusting metal whale oil tanks at the former whaling station on Deception Island, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

979-2100 - The old Norwegian whaling station at Whaler's Cove, Deception Island

979-2102 - The old Norwegian whaling station at Whaler's Cove, Deception Island. The station ran from 1904 through 1931. Shown here are the old steam tanks used for rendering.

979-2101 - The National Geographic Endeavour anchored at the old Norwegian whaling station at Whaler's Cove, Deception Island