The Whaler's Lutheran church at the old Norwegian whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean

The National Geographic Endeavour anchored at the old Norwegian whaling station at Whaler's Cove, Deception Island

Abandoned machinery at the Grytviken whaling station, Norway

The old Norwegian whaling station at Whaler's Cove, Deception Island. The station ran from 1904 through 1931. Shown here are the old steam tanks used for rendering.

The old Norwegian whaling station at Whaler's Cove, Deception Island

Adult Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata) nesting and mating on Enterprise Island near the wreck of the Gouvernoren, a Norwegian whaler which caught fire and sank in Wilhelmina Bay in 1916, Antarctica.

A view of the wreck of the Norwegian whaler Gubernor on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

The new whaling museum and abandoned machinery at the Grytviken whaling station

Adult Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata) nesting and mating on Enterprise Island near the wreck of the Gouvernoren, a Norwegian whaler which caught fire and sank in Wilhelmina Bay in 1916, Antarctica

A view of the wreck of the Norwegian whaler Gubernor on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.