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Grytviken (/ˈɡrɪtviːkən/ GRIT-vee-kən Norwegian: [ˈɡɾŷːtviːkn̩]) is a
hamlet on
South Georgia in the
South Atlantic.
Formerly a
whaling station, it was...
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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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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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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...
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Museum curator's
family at
Grytviken. The jetty, the church,
dwellings and
industrial buildings at
Grytviken have
recently been
renovated by the...
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polar region was a
Norwegian girl,
Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen, born in
Grytviken on 8
October 1913.
Emilio Marcos Palma was the
first person born south...
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Kerguelen and the
Norwegian Lutheran Church, a
former Lutheran chapel in
Grytviken,
South Georgia (since 1913).
After years of
abandonment and weathering...
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subsequently named after him. In 1904, L****n re-founded a
whaling settlement at
Grytviken on the
island of
South Georgia. In 1910,
after some years'
residence on...
