Photograph: King Edward Point, South Georgia.

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Aug 1984
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Description
Black and white photograph of King Edward Point, South Georgia. Grytviken. A snow-covered bay and town with a church with a steeple, Malcolm and Andreas von Meyer are seated on a slope on the left. August 1984.

Handwritten on the verso in black pen "Aug 84, is an illustration of a peninsular titled King Edward Point, Grytviken, Malcolm, Andreas".

Grytviken is the site of the disused whaling station, at the head of King Edward Cove. King Edward Point is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Part of a large collection of written and audiovisual, photographic resources and equipment which belonged to Gerry Clark; most of which document his voyages in the Southern Ocean.
Accession number
2017.40.448
Museum System ID
44958
Collection type
Collection
Gerry Clark
Classification
Maker and role
Unknown: Photographer
Media/Materials
Black and White Print: 0 - Whole
Measurement details
2D objects (HxW): H 85 W 116mm: 0 - Whole
Production place and notes
South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean
On display?
Not on display
Record level
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