On April 25/26 1982 British forces launched Operation Paraquet which enabled the recovery of South Georgia, the first UK victory and defeat for the occupying Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands ...

This is Grytviken, the whaling station on the British island of South Georgia, lying in the South Atlantic roughly 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) due east of the bottom boot tip of Argentina. For 58 ...

The Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds has visited the British Overseas Territory, some 1.400 kilometers ...

Revered polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s grave on the island of South Georgia is luring hundreds more tourists since the discovery in March this year of his sunken ship, Endurance, in Antarctica’s ...

If you've seen Alien vs Predator you'll know that abandoned whaling stations are pretty spooky (for those that haven't, it's set in one) - but I can confirm that they're even more disturbing in real ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** In 1982, Argentina and the United ...

Relict whaling and sealing ships at Grytviken, South Georgia. Photo by: Liam Quinn/Creative Commons 2.0. In 1904, Carl Anton Larsen, a Norwegian Antarctic explorer, arrived at Grytviken on the British ...

Knowledge Bengu, Mensun Bound and John Shears at the graveside The team that found Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, Endurance, on the Antarctic seafloor will get home on Sunday. The Endurance22 project ...

Hurricane terms everyone should know as the season heats up ...

The team that found Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, Endurance, on the Antarctic seafloor will get home on Sunday. The Endurance22 project, external would have returned to Cape Town earlier but diverted ...