Fur seals, whales and tourists: a commercial history of Deception Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Dibbern, J. Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Anchorage; Deception Island; Whalers Bay; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008651; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409008651

ABSTRACT Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands was the site of some of the earliest commercial activity to be carried out in the Antarctic with the early 19th century hunting of Antarctic fur seals. Nearly a century later it was the site of the most extensive anchorage for the reconstructed...