The wreck and salvage of SS Telefon

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Heyburn, Henry R., Stenersen, Gunnar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Admiralty Bay; Deception Island; Christensen; Port Foster; Andresen; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400009980; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400009980

Abstract The steamship Telefon , an eight-year-old steel freighter used for carrying cargos to the Antarctic whaling ships of Chr. Christensen, struck a reef at the entrance to Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands, on 26 December 1908. Salvaged through the enterprise of Capt A. A. Andresen, of the Sociedad Ballenera de Magellanes, she was grounded in Port Foster, Deception Island, and eventually refloated and repaired to continue working with the whaling fleet.