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Grytviken (/ˈɡrɪtviːkən/ GRIT-vee-kən Norwegian: [ˈɡɾŷːtviːkn̩]) is a
hamlet on
South Georgia in the
South Atlantic and
formerly a
whaling station and...
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Norwegian Lutheran Church (until 2013), and
casually as the
Grytviken Church, is a
church in
Grytviken,
South Georgia,
built in 1913. The
church was part of...
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first permanent habitation at
Grytviken in 1904. It
operated through his
Argentine Fishing Company,
which settled in
Grytviken. The
station operated until...
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important historically being Grytviken. The main
settlement and the
capital today is King
Edward Point near
Grytviken, a
British Antarctic Survey research...
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invasion of
South Georgia, also
known as the
Battle of
Grytviken or
Operation Georgias, took
place on 3
April 1982, when
Argentine Navy
forces seized...
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Grytviken have a
tundra climate (Köppen ET) with long, cold
winters and short, cool summers. The
highest temperature ever
recorded at
Grytviken/King...
- Fe was
ordered to
ferry a
party of
Argentine marines and
supplies to
Grytviken, in
South Georgia. The
island of
South Georgia is
situated 784 NM southeast...
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interests with the Compañía
Argentina de
Pesca which had
started whaling at
Grytviken since December 1904 was
settled by the
British authorities with the company...
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across ****berland East Bay and set up an OP at
Brown Mountain overlooking Grytviken. The SAS plan was more ambitious, and
called for a
helicopter insertion...
- Georgia. At his wife's request, he
remained on the
island and was
buried in
Grytviken cemetery. The
wreck of
Endurance was
discovered just over a
century after...
