Whaler's cross on Deception Island

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Barr, Susan, Downie, Rod, Sánchez, Rodolfo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Deception Island; Whalers Bay; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247403003279; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247403003279

The cemetery at Whalers Bay, Deception Island, was the largest in the Antarctic prior to being partially buried and partially washed away during a volcanic eruption in 1969. In 2002 a wooden cross at Argentina's Decepción Station was identified as being that of the Norwegian whaler Peder Knapstad. It was removed, secured in a base, and re-erected at Whalers Bay.