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Visitor Statistics for South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands


91 members visited,  27 members from South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands with 0 members in  0 places
Latest Visitors to South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands (91) dds (14 Nov 2009)   greenie773 (14 Oct 2009)   Barrybiblade (19 Feb 2009)   jgnewton (22 Jan 2009)   bern ( 2009)   GUS (23 Dec 2008)   rachergk (02 Dec 2008)   mt (18 Aug 2008)   pingu-rocks ( Dec 2007)   remkevos ( Nov 2007)  

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Countries visited by members from South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands Belgium (1 visitor) Ireland (1 visitor) United Kingdom (1 visitor) Andorra (1 visitor) Vatican City (Holy See) (1 visitor) Switzerland (1 visitor) Germany (1 visitor) Portugal (1 visitor) Estonia (1 visitor) Monaco (1 visitor)

Travel Information for South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands

Travel Advice for South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands
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Travel Health Information for South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands
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Entry Requirements for South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands
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About South Georgia and the S. Sandwich Islands

The islands lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands and have been under British administration since 1908 except for a brief period in 1982 when Argentina occupied them. Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th century whaling station. The famed explorer Ernest SHACKLETON stopped there in 1914 en route to his ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica on foot. He returned some 20 months later with a few companions in a small boat and arranged a successful rescue for the rest of his crew, stranded off the Antarctic Peninsula. He died in 1922 on a subsequent expedition and is buried in Grytviken. Today, the station houses scientists from the British Antarctic Survey. The islands have large bird and seal populations and, recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the UK, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 NM to 200 NM around each island.

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