VP8SGK - King Edward Point,  South Georgia

VP8SGK,  Position King Edward Point,   Cumberland Bay West,  South Georgia.   Latitude 54°17' S, Longitude 36°30'   AN-007

Chief activities: Biology, meteorology, geophysics and glaciology (1950-1982).

Occupied: 1 January 1950 to 1 January 1952 and 13 November 1969 to 3 April 1982.

A new base was built and has been  occupied since March 2001

The British Antarctic Survey has been contracted by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands to provide and manage a scientific facility at King Edward Point, Grytviken, South Georgia. The new station will provide biological research on the marine living resources surrounding South Georgia and will complement the long-term research at Bird Island.

I am active from the base whenever I am at the island,  typically once or twice per year.  My next anticipated operation will most likely be November 2008,  further details will be published once I have them to hand,  probably October 2008.

The VP8SGK QSL card.

Below is a selection of images from South Georgia:

Grytviken church	Crows nest	Old machinerary	Whale catchers on the beach	Whale catcher Petrel
Whale bones on the beach	Old chain on the beach	Machinerary	Grytviken church	Looking towards Grytviken
South Georgia view	Sunset, South Georgia	Looking down on Cumberland Bay	Cumberland Bay	Harpoon heads
Station Managers House Now a museum	South Georgia	King Edward Point	RRS James Clark Ross During base relief	James Clark Ross at Grytviken
Old propellers Outside the base at King Edward Point.	Seals on the beach	Grytviken Church The cinema in front is no longer standing.	Memorial cross for Shackleton	Ernest Shackleton's grave
Looking across from the memorial cross to the base	South Georgia	Grytviken