Wreck with Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) on the former Flensing Plan. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia, October

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