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

746-91111 - 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

746-91120 - 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

1116-44910 - Abandoned Old Rowing Boat On Wooden Blocks, Antarctica

971-190 - Group of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) resting in front of abandoned whaling ships, Grytviken, South Georgia, Polar Regions

1112-4151 - The abandoned remains of the whaling ship Brutus in Prince Olav Harbour, Cook Bay, South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

1112-4103 - Old whaling catcher ships at Grytviken, now cleaned and refurbished for tourism on South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

1112-4104 - Old whaling catcher ship at Grytviken, now cleaned and refurbished for tourism on South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

911-10806 - Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia, it was operational until 1961, and wa the place where Sir Ernest Shackleton finally reached after his epic seas crossing and trek across south Georgia.

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.

911-10803 - Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia, with an Antarctic Fur Seal resting in an old propeller, it was operational until 1961, and wa the place where Sir Ernest Shackleton finally reached after his epic seas crossing and trek across south Georgia.

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.

911-10599 - Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia, it was operational until 1961, and wa the place where Sir Ernest Shackleton finally reached after his epic seas crossing and trek across south Georgia.

911-10024 - Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, in Grytviken South Georgia, Antarctica, with an old whaling ship behind.

1174-795 - A wooden boat hull beached on Deception island, a former whaling station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

1174-796 - A wooden boat hull beached on Deception island, a former whaling station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

1174-797 - A wooden boat hull beached on Deception island, a former whaling station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

1112-1954 - The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer at anchor at the abandoned whaling station in Grytviken, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions

1112-1951 - The whale catcher ship Petrel on display at the abandoned and recently restored whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate

1112-1902 - Commercial fishing and whaling boats line the busy inner harbour in the town of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

1112-1903 - Commercial fishing and whaling boats line the busy inner harbor in the town of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

166-5451 - The whaler that used to go to Svalbard, with warehouses behind that have been converted into offices, Tromso, Troms, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

817-436005 - whaling ships in the old harbour in Reykjavik, Iceland

1112-709 - The abandoned Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions

981-2 - Bow of Whale Boat tender-Godthul-South Georgia

921-9 - Whale Bone Alley, tombs. Lorino, Siberia, Chukotskiy Peninsular, Russia

979-2277 - A view of the wreck of the Norwegian whaler Gubernor on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

979-4462 - Views of Grytviken (Swedish for 'Pot Cove'), the principal settlement in the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic

979-3788 - Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups at play at the abandoned Norwegian whaling station at Stromness on the island of South Georgia, Southern Atlantic Ocean

979-3789 - Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups at play at the abandoned Norwegian whaling station at Stromness on the island of South Georgia, Southern Atlantic Ocean

979-2276 - A view of the wreck of the Norwegian whaler Gubernor on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

979-3790 - Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups at play at the abandoned Norwegian whaling station at Stromness on the island of South Georgia, Southern Atlantic Ocean

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

799-1392 - Rusted remains of an old whaling ship off Enterprise Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

817-261945 - Whalebone ivory scrimshaw art showing whaling ship Nantucket Whaling Museum, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod Massachusetts, USA

817-261942 - Nantucket town on Nantucket Island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA Shop boutique on Main Street with model whaling boat

817-261948 - Scrimshaw whalebone ivory art Carved model of whaling ship in the Whaling Museum, Nantucket, off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

641-12332 - Old whaling station, Grytviken, South Georgia, South Atlantic

641-12056 - Old catcher boats, Harpoon boats, at the old whaling station, Grytviken, South Georgia, South Atlantic

641-12055 - Old whaling station, Grytviken, South Georgia, South Atlantic