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At tea this afternoon, John gave us a preview of our landing tomorrow in South

Georgia at Grytviken. This whaling station was founded in 1905 by Captain Larsen (a

Swedish sea captain). Unfortunately, it was probably the most “successful” of the

Antarctic stations in terms of the numbers of whales processed here. The crews

became so efficient that they could completely flense a whale in 20 minutes.

Sounds like we will get a beach landing a little away from the Museum area since the

dock we used last year must have gotten rickety over the year and a half. Sounds like

we are going to get the full 4 days on the island and will be visiting the wonderful

Gold Harbor among all the other places. We shall be hoping for calm seas and no

swells to speak of. No mention of our favorite place, Salisbury Plain, however.

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