We are delighted to announce that two new donors have moved us closer to fully funding our curator post for the next two years. Visitors to Grytviken will know that the South Georgia Museum collection provides a fascinating insight into the island’s natural and human history. This season, visitors to […]
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We are delighted to share links to Sarah Lurcock’s appearance on the latest AntArctic Stories podcast. Sarah is our Director on South Georgia and her talk on the podcast gives a wonderful insight into her and her team’s life on the island. She also discusses the work our trust […]
SGHT Trustee Jan Cheek and SGHT CEO Alison Neil have both been awarded with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Congratulations to them both! Some news coverage links are given below: Former Falklands lawmaker, Jan Cheek awarded the MBE Queens Birthday Honours 2019: The Tayside and Fife citizens being recognised
The 2017-18 Annual report is now available on our website here (or click on the image above).
Do you have a passion for wildlife conservation and/or heritage? Can you inspire others to support this work? We are looking for a confident public speaker with meticulous organizational skills to work in one of most beautiful and remote places on earth. The South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) is seeking […]
The South Georgia Archaeological Project (SGAP) was developed by the South Georgia Heritage Trust and the first expedition was completed in March 2019 as part of our programme of conserving the island’s heritage. The map below shows the landing sites followed by an introduction to the 2019 expedition. Links to […]
The South Georgia Archaeological Project is now underway! See the project page here. Follow the team’s progress with the hash tag #SGArchExpedition Twitter: @SG_Archaeology , @ucamarchaeology , @SAERI_FI , @GovSGSSI , @NatGeo , @FOSGI_News @SGHTcharitysite @IridiumComm , @DanMERCAIR , (hash tags #iridium, #iridiumNEXT) The Satellite trackers are RockSTARs by Rock7 : @r7satellite […]
At the SGHT AGM in London on 28th February 2019 we said farewell to Philippa Foster Back CBE, who retired from the Board after chairing the Trust since 2016. During Philippa’s Chairmanship the island of South Georgia was officially declared free of rodents. This announcement followed Phase 4 of our […]
You can follow four beautiful species of #Albatross, from #egg to #fledge in 2019 using the hashtag #AlbatrossStories on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Albytaskforce Twitter https://twitter.com/AlbyTaskForce Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/albatross_stories/ or on the new blog https://community.rspb.org.uk/getinvolved/b/albatross-stories Image: Oli Prince
BBC Inside Science (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00025cq) features the Weddell Sea Expedition (https://weddellseaexpedition.org/expedition-blog/) and it’s search for Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance (21min 20s into the programme) Prof. Julian Dowdeswell talks about the expedition, on a ship to shore line, giving an excellent recount of the epic journey Shackleton and his men embarked on […]