The Antarctic tern, which you can see is a beautiful small bird that spends some of its time in Antarctica to nest and breed.  This place is in Foyn Harbour and the structures you can see in the photo are actually a shipwreck of an old whaling boat called the Guvernøren that caught fire and sunk on Jan 27, 1915. 

In order to save the cargo (whale oil, which was around 5050 m3 at the time of her catching fire) they ran it into a shallow bay and attempted to sink it partially by shooting harpoon grenades into her hull.  It didn't work and they lost all of the cargo BUT no crew member lost their lives, which is a slight bonus.  How did it catch fire? They were partying on the ship celebrating and toasting to the successful whale season and someone bumped a lamp.

What this wreck does provide is a nesting sight for these beautiful birds to gather and do their thing.


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