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| The black sand beach steams at low tide from geothermic heat. |
Whalers Bay was used as a whaling station beginning in 1906 and throughout the first part of the 1900Õs. These are the remains of the Norwegian Hektor Whaling Station. |
The last enterprise used these digesters to render oil
from the whale bones scattered in the bay from earlier days. |
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| This is a barge used to haul fresh water to whaling ships waiting in the harbor. |
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| Later, an aircraft hanger was constructed and Whalers Bay was used by the British as the first base of a secret World War II expedition and forerunner of the British Antarctic Survey. It was one of the earliest permanent research stations in Antarctica. |
Whaler grave. Original cemetery was inundated by volcanic flow. The flora of Deception Island is
of exceptional scientific importance, as the study of colonization of recent volcanic deposits is ongoing. |
Overlook near NeptuneÕs Bellows. |
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Cape petrels nest on the nearby cliffs. |
Chilean research station support vessel, which was Anchored near Whalers Bay during our visit. |