South Georgia Island is isolated from the civilized world and trapped in the most cruel of climates, but it was destined for discovery. From its first recorded sightings more than 300 years ago ...

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI ... colonies that pepper the shoreline to its snow-capped mountain peaks, South Georgia is just exceptional.

The iceberg, called A23a, was previously “trapped” spinning around an undersea mountain ... move towards the island soon.” ...

The South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands have a rich biodiversity ... of water caused by ocean currents hitting an underwater mountain. It previously hosted a Soviet research station.

Technically, the hundred-mile-long, 20 mile-wide British overseas territory of South Georgia is uninhabited. Only a few visiting scientists and government fisheries inspectors occupy the island ...