Antarctica -- Former Whaling Station -- January 29,2013

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Former Whaling Station --- Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The weather is terrible today as we disembark for a former whaling station that was used by 13 nations and abandoned at the time of the First World War. The station sits upon an active volcano. If you put your hand into the water and scratch away a couple of inches of gravel you will have to pull your hand back quickly, it is so hot. The large tanks in the picture may remind you of the large storage tanks for fuel. They were used to store whale oil, so this will give you some idea of the number of whales that were killed; this was only one of several whaling stations in Antarctic at the turn of the century.

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Photos

Tanks to hold whale oil
I can't imagine how many whales it would take to fill one of these tanks.

Former Whaking Station
This is a fallen craddle that supported boats when they were being repaired

Comments

[Kelly]

Wow and brilliant!
Jess and I loved the photos!

[Morgan Mare]

Antarctica
You are more than welcome. I think that if you were to post some of your pictures people would find them in the WOW category.