Ok, our first stop, Grytviken, South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory, old whaling station, permanent British research station and final resting place of Ernest Shackleton. Like all landings this was a wet landing, so we would leap out of the zodiac into the water (up to about knee depth but then again I’m not too tall
). Drizzle gave way to snow during the morning. One really interesting thing is that the island has now been declared rat free after a concerted eradication program that began in 2011. It is great to hear that some of the previously threatened species, like the SG pipit are returning in increasing numbers.