South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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South Georgia

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

Along with the nearby South Sandwich islands, South Georgia is the most southerly outpost of the British empire. It was first sighted by a London merchant in 1675 and claimed by James Cook in... »

Natural Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by PaperTiger and Nicholas Jackson

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