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Friday, February 4, 2005
South Georgia, South Atlantic, Antarctica, whaling
Travel about 2000 kilometres east from Tierra del Fuego, at the very tip of South America, and you might stumble on its precipitous and windswept shores. At 54 degrees S and 37 degrees W, South Georgia is about as remote as any place on earth could possibly be.
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