Port Lockroy
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Port Lockroy is a bay forming a natural harbour on the north-western shore of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Antarctic base with the same name, si
The abandoned British base at Port Lockroy, 1962
Goudier Island in 2014
The base has been renovated into a museum
Food rations on display at the museum
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
Port Lockroy
…government funding for his French Antarctic Expedition. The harbour was used for whaling between 1911 and 1931. During World War II, the British military Operation Tabarin established the Port Lockroy Station A on tiny Goudier Island in the bay, which continued to operate as a British research station until January 16…
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