Operation Tabarin
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Operation Tabarin was the code name for a secret British expedition to the Antarctic during World War Two, operational 1943–1946. Conducted by the Admiralty on behalf of the Colonial Office, its prima
Field party of Operation Tabarin surveying on Wiencke Island, 22 September 1944
Norwegian sealing vessel Veslekari
Antarctic Peninsula showing Tabarin bases
Base B, Whaler's Bay, Deception Island
Deception Island
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Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbour, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano. Thi
Operation Tabarin
…the expedition left the UK in November 1943, led by Lieutenant-Commander James Marr. Two bases were established in early 1944 – firstly, Base B, at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, and later the main base, Base A, at Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island. A variety of science and mapping work was carried out. 14…
Telefon Bay
Looking WSW from the center of the caldera
Remains of the whaling station's boilers
Flensing at Whalers Bay, Deception Island. By 1912–1913, the island had 12 factory ships, and 27 catchers, occupying 200 people, with 3,000 rotting whale carcasses in the Whalers Bay area.