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King Edward Point
In the 1960s a small community of 5 or 6 families plus single men - a couple of dozen people in total.
  Wildlife  

Pesca,  whaling & sealing
Please note that some viewers may find a few of these images distasteful.
They are not meant to be offensive, only a true record of the last years of the whaling & sealing industry in South Georgia during the 1960s.
  Views - mountains, snow & ice  

Snow  a few images of King Edward Point in snow.   Major Bill Tilman's Mischief in early 1967 when he called at King Edward Point after a rather fraught trip to the Antarctic Peninsula.  

 

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