Raising awareness of South Georgia's whales: past, present and future
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus Local
VALUE £30,222
WHERE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Summary
Our project aims to inform, educate and inspire visitors to Grytviken about South Georgia’s whale populations, giving them an understanding of why whales need continued protection and how visitors can help. A new gallery at the South Georgia Museum will use science, art, sounds, objects and archives to explain whale ecology, how industrial whaling pushed whale species close to extinction, and how scientists, government, industry and visitors are helping protect these wonderful animals as they return to the Southern Ocean.
Friends of South Georgia Island, Culture Communications Collective, BAS - British Antarctic Survey, Gov of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia Museum
