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Frances Walker RSA, Petrel, South Georgia, 2010

Frances Walker RSA

Petrel, South Georgia, 2010
Etching and aquatint
40 x 71 cm
Edition of 12
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This work is priced framed. Framed in a lime-waxed box frame with off-white window mount. 'Grytviken is home to several derelict ships including ‘Petrel,’ a surviving example of a steam-powered...
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This work is priced framed. Framed in a lime-waxed box frame with off-white window mount.

'Grytviken is home to several derelict ships including ‘Petrel,’ a surviving example of a steam-powered whale catcher – complete with its harpoon gun mounted high on the prow. Across the bay is King Edward Point, site of the former British garrison and now home to a British Antarctic Survey fishery research station – it also houses the South Georgia Marine Officer, the government’s sole representative with responsibility for local administration – this includes the duties of harbour master, customs and immigration officer, fisheries officer and sub post master.'
Journal entry, South Georgia, 3 March 2007
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