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The Antarctic island of South Georgia used to have several thriving whaling settlements during the first half of the 20th century.
Once upon a time the whaling settlements had combined population exceeding 2,000 in some years. These included Grytviken (operating 1904-64), Leith Harbour (1909-65), Ocean Harbour (1909-20), Husvik (1910-60), Stromness (1912-61) and Prince Olav Harbour (1917-34).
The abandoned settlements have become increasingly dilapidated, and remain uninhabited.The whale population in the seas around the island was substantially reduced over the following sixty years until the last station closed in December 1965
Grytviken has the distinction of perhaps the most isolated museum in the world? The museum and ghost town has become a popular tourist venue, visited by cruise ship or yacht tourists. For several years Tim and Pauline Carr served as museum curators, living on board their yacht Curlew in the Grytviken port.
They now live in a house at Grytviken. The jetty, the church, and dwelling and industrial buildings at Grytviken have recently been renovated.
An unusual example of a ghost town but interesting all the same.
Hardluck.
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