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Habitat Restoration Project receives £250,000 of Defra funding

On 8th February 2012, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) awarded SGHT £250,000 of funding towards the South Georgia Habitat Restoration project.

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Frozen Planet talk for South Georgia Heritage Trust 23rd March, Cambridge

Honorary President of the South Georgia Heritage Trust and Executive Producer of The Blue Planet and Planet Earth series, will tell the epic story behind the making of his latest BBC documentary series, Frozen Planet.

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Friends of South Georgia Island (FOSGI) is awarded 501(c)3 status

The Friends of South Georgia Island organisation (FOSGI) was awarded 501(c) 3 status in December 2011. US donors can make a tax-deductible donation through the website at www.fosgi.org.

Download spectacular South Georgia panoramas from the Centre for Remote Environments

SGHT Habitat Restoration Project: Phase 1 complete

Phase 1 of the Habitat Restoration Project was successfully completed in March 2011 – in just 28 days making this project the largest island rodent eradication operation ever undertaken in the world. This part of South Georgia is now believed to be rat free for the first time in two centuries.

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Conference Programme

Managing Industrial & Cultural Heritage: South Georgia in Context

Wednesday 7^th September – Verdant Works

17:00 – 18:00	Registration
17:00 – 18:00	Tours of Verdant Works
18.00 – 18.10	Welcome
18.10 – 18.45	Introduction – The Dundee Connection Gill Poulter, Dundee Heritage Trust Verdant Works and RRS Discovery in the context of whaling and industrial heritage in Dundee www.rrsdiscovery.com
18.45 - 20.00	Welcome reception

Thursday 8^th September - Discovery Point

8.00 – 9.00	Registration
9.00 – 9.05	Welcome Howard Pearce, Chairman, SGHT
9.05 - 9.30	Keynote speaker Susan Barr, President, International Polar Heritage Committee, ICOMOS Polar Heritage - Neglected Child Becomes International Talking Point.
9.30 - 10.30	Session 1: The Value of Industrial & Cultural Heritage Sites in Polar Regions Dr Dag Avango, Royal Institute of Technology,Stockholm and Professor Louwrens Hacquebord, Arctic Centre, University of Groningen The value of industrial heritage sites in the polar areas as sources for historical research
	Michael Morrison, Purcell Miller Tritton LLP The present condition of the South Georgia Whaling Stations following an inspection in November 2010
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00	Session 1 (cont'd) Gustav Rossnes, Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Norway Of Whales and men – details of an industry: Reflections on the value of the historical remains found in Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia
	David Fletcher, Polar Expedition Leader South Georgia’s Industrial Heritage, an added bonus for tourists
12.00 -13.00	Lunch
13.00 -15.00	Session 2: Recording, Researching and Interpreting Heritage Sites
	Ulf Gustafsson, PhD student, Arctic Centre, University of Groningen Surveys of whaling stations at South Georgia: From NARE to LASHIPA and beyond
	Robert Burton, South Georgia Association A forgotten heritage: lights and beacons of South Georgia
	Elsa Davidson, Curator, South Georgia Museum The South Georgia Museum ex-whalers oral history project: recording the human history of the whaling industry
	Dan Atkinson, Headland Archaeology Bunaveneader: A whaling station from the Scottish context
15.00 - 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 – 17.00	Session 3: Strategies and management of cultural and industrial heritage sites Stuart B. Smith, The International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) Large scale industrial preservation and environmental problems
	Dr Nathalie Moreigneaux, in charge of Heritage, French Southern and Antarctic Lands A new vision of preservation: the laser programme of the whaling station at Port-Jeanne d’Arc at Kerguelen
	Dr Martin Collins, GSGSSI (tbc) The GSGSSI strategy and position on cultural and industrial heritage on South Georgia
17.15 – 18.30	Reception and guided tours of RRS Discovery
20.00 till late	Conference Dinner

Friday 9 ^th September – Discovery Point

9.00 – 10.30	Session 3 (cont'd)
	Tudor Morgan, United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust Conserving and managing historic sites on the Antarctic Peninsula
	Knut M Ore, Chairman, Kings Bay ltd Ny Ålesund, Svalbard – New uses and cultural heritage
	Dr. Frederik Paulsen, Chairman, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Group The David Nicholls Memorial Lecture - Bringing new life to Leith Harbour (tbc)
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00	Workshops in parallel (each workshop will have a discussant, rapporteur and terms of reference where the key issues to address are): 1. Cultural Heritage management priorities on South Georgia 2. The future of South Georgia’s former whaling stations 3. Cultural heritage research priorities on South Georgia
12.00 – 13.00	Plenary Session: Report from Workshops, summing up discussion and closing remarks
13.00	Optional Lunch and Depart
14.30 – 16.30	Optional walking tour of Dundee and visit to McManus Gallery highlighting whaling heritage of Dundee