Abandoned Whaling Stations

Images of rusted tanks and beached ships at historic whaling stations in Subantarctica, showcasing remnants of past industrial activity against rugged landscapes.

Premier Mine is located on the eastern slope of the Salmon River Valley. It was started in 1910 and by 1918 had developed into one of the richest mine...

Tanks for whale oil. Grytviken Whaling Station. Antarctica, Subantarctic, South Georgia, Cumberland East Bay.

The beached whaling ship Petrel, with a harpoon on the bow, at the abandoned Norwegian whaling station in Grytviken on South Georgia Island, Sub-Antarctica.

Premier Mine is located on the eastern slope of the Salmon River Valley. It was started in 1910 and by 1918 had developed into one of the richest mine...

Old crane at abandoned marble quarry at Camp Mansfield, Ny London near Ny-Alesund, Blomstrandhalvoya, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Tanks for processing whale oil at the remains of the Norwegian whaling station in Grytviken on South Georgia Island, Sub-Antarctica. with church in background

Views of old abandoned tanks and structures at a Norwegian whaling station in Grytviken on South Georgia Island

Grytviken Whaling Station. Antarctica, Subantarctic, South Georgia, Cumberland East Bay.

Russia, Chukotka, Provideniya, View of port and industrial buildings on harbor

An old crane in coal harbour, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.

Old rusty wheels, Krossfjorden, Haakon VII Land, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Norway, Europe

Fish processing plant in Seydisfjordur,Iceland

Old crane at abandoned marble quarry at Camp Mansfield, Ny London near Ny-Alesund, Blomstrandhalvoya, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Antarctica, McMurdo Station, carpenter shop

Decayed Mill complex, historic Independence Mine, Hatcher Pass, Alaska

Old crane at abandoned marble quarry at Camp Mansfield, Ny London near Ny-Alesund, Blomstrandhalvoya, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

A rock quarry along the Sand Point Harbor, Sand Point, Popof Island, Southwestern Alaska, USA, Summer,

Old coal mine, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Norway, Europe

View of rusty, decaying oil tanks stand forlornly against a backdrop of snow-streaked mountains under a pale sky, Deception Island, Antarctica.

The old whaling station at Stromness. Here, Ernest Shakleton ended his epic crossing of South Georgia in 1916. The station began operating in 1913. It was converted to a ship repair yard in 1931 until it closed in 1961.

Fish Farming in Berufjordur,Iceland

Power plant pipes in arctic landscape

Storage of the coal from the mine. Russian coal mining town Barentsburg at fjord Gronfjorden. The coal mine is still in operation. Arctic Region, Scandinavia, Norway, Svalbard

Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons.

USA, Idaho. Yankee Fork Gold Dredge.

Rusting machinery at the abandoned Norwegian whaling station at Grytviken, East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

A helicopter flies supplies to a core sample drilling rig at the proposed Pebble Mine site, located approximately seventeen miles from Iliamna, Alaska...

Canada: British Columbia, Columbia River Basin, Columbia Wetlands, Canal Flats, Tembec Lumber Mill (Editorial Usage Only)

Wheel loader with snowblower and snow chains, circular road, near Akureyri, Iceland, Europe

Coal loading crane in the harbour at Pyramiden, abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Aerial image of natural gas well, Alberta, Canada

high rope access course in Iceland

Fuel depot infrastructure remains on Great Sitkin Island from World War II, Andreanof Islands, Alaska

A helicopter flies supplies to a core sample drilling rig at the proposed Pebble Mine site, located approximately seventeen miles from Iliamna, Alaska...

Crew assessing a freight train derailment in the frozen Athabasca River in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Traditional drying of fish. Museum of local history of the Westfjords (Byggdasafn Vestfjarda). Isafjordur, the capital of the Westfjords, Iceland. (Editorial Use Only)

Industrial materials on a rough field with mountains

Local man making mud bricks, Karakul Lake. Tajikistan.

Log cache at a cabin site on the Noatak River, below the upper Noatak River Canyon, Noatak, Arctic Alaska, USA, Summer

Bulldozer moving diamond drilling rig, Astlais mountain, BC

construction site for diversion of the Fischbach into the planned new Kühtai reservoir of the Sellrain-Silz power plant, Sulztal Valley Stubai Alps Stubaier Alpen Ötztal Tirol, Tyrol Austria

Fuel tanks, Tanquary Fjord, Canada

Pitztal Glacier ski area, white rolled-up tarpaulins and photovoltaic system in the glacier area, Oetztal Alps, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Man repairing pot hole in middle of dirt road leading to Drangajokull

Russia, Chukotka, Yanrakynnot, View of tank in village

Independence Mine, old gold mine in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska, USA, North America

View of the industrial port for coal export Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Arctic

China, Tibet, east Himalayas, Railway being built on the Tibetan Plateau

Turf being cut and dried, near Leenane, Co Galway, Ireland

Chilean Base, Teniente Marsh, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The fishing village of Hofn,Iceland

Inupiaq Man Drying Fish along the Arctic Coast of Alaska

Drying stockfish cod in Nusfjord authentic traditional fishing village with traditional red rorbu houses in winter in Norwegian fjord. Lofoten islands, Norway, Europe

The Petrel a whale catcher. Grytviken Whaling Station in South Georgia. Grytviken is open to visitors, but most walls and roofs of the factory have been demolished for safety reasons.

Crab fishing pots being stored at the dock in Dutch Harbor in the community of Unalaska, Alaska, United States of America, North America

snow blower, rotary blower system Wallack, Großglockner high alpine road, Großglockner, Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe, blue sky

Old coal mine factory, Rusty coal cars in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Europe

French Alps. Construction site on The Mont Blanc Tramway (TMB) the highest mountain railway line in France. Terminus at 2372 m. Saint Gervais. France.

Whaling station, Hvalfjoerour, Iceland, Atlantic Ocean, Europe

USA, Idaho. Yankee Fork Gold Dredge.

Swanberg Dredge, town of Nome, Iditarod End Point, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA

Norway, Lofoten Islands. Racks of cod drying in Ballstadoy

Sheep farming, Swaledale flock in drystone sheepfold with 4x4 and trailer on hill farm, Beck Meetings, Keld, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales N.P., North Yorkshire, England, September

Stockfish and a warehouse, Nusfjord, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway, Europe

Cod drying on racks to become stockfish in the town of Reine, Moskenesoya in the Lofoten archipelago, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

USA, Alaska, Brooks Range, Coldfoot. Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline

Museum of local history of the Westfjords (Byggdasafn Vestfjarda). Isafjordur, the capital of the Westfjords, Iceland. (Editorial Use Only)

UK Scotland, North Uist, Digger stacking cut turfs to dry in sun

Cleaning Mercantour in summer France

Bulldozer moving diamond drilling rig, Astlais mountain, BC

USA, Colorado, Leadville, Climax Molybdenum Mine

Drying stockfish cod in Nusfjord authentic traditional fishing village with traditional red rorbu houses in winter in Norwegian fjord. Lofoten islands, Norway, Europe

Landscape of a Fishing Village in Norway. Construction for Drying Fish on the bank. Traditional Job in Norwegian Countrysides.

A tractor harvesting a hay field on a farm at Imst, Austria.

Extractors Ragworth Ile aux marins St. Pierre et Miquelon

Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available)

Factory, fishing, Iceland, Hjalteyri, Akureyri

Pumpjack in a green field with trees, rolling hills, mountain range, blue sky and clouds in the background, North of Longview, Alberta; Alberta, Canada

Fisherman retrives salmon from fish wheel on the Chitna River, Southcentral, Alaska

Drying flakes with stockfish cod fish heads in winter. A fishing village, Lofoten islands, Norway. Drying stockfish cod heads in A fishing village in Norway

Mining waste piles at Haus Sachsen silver mine, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Valdez, Alaska. Heavy equipment being used for the mining of of boulders, gravel, sand, and clay at the entrance of the Valdez Glacier..

USA, Montana, Glacier National Park. Construction and repair perpetual challenge on the steep, windy Going to the Sun Road creating traffic issues.

Wrapped Hay Bales near Skalholt, Iceland

Hunt, Minecart of an old coal mine, Lower Bankhead, Banff National Park, canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, North Americ

Bird Ringing - Heligoland trap - Fair Isle

Fishing nets with floats, Neskaupstadur town

Cleaning the Mer de Glace

Reportage on organic producers working using a community-shared agriculture model in Haute-Savoie, France. Jean-Philippe has been an organic cattle and pig breeder since 2006. This is the first year he has worked using a community-shared agriculture model. He sells his meat and some of the milk he produces through this system. He sells the rest through a cheese-producing cooperative in Haute-Savoie, France. Jean-Philippe sets up electric fencing.

Rafters loading cargo net to be hauled by helicopter over the Tweedsmuir Glacier, Alsek River

Whaling (Grindadrap) Long Finned Pilot Whale (globicephala melas) on the Faroe Islands, Hvannasund. Whaling is for subsistence and local consumption only.

Thousands and thousands of stockfish Fish heads on wooden drying racks, in the back fishing industry, sea and mountains, cod, codfish, skrei, codfish, Svolvaer, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway, Europe

Palmer, Alaska, People exploring the Independence Mine State Historical Park. Its one of Alaska's largest gold mining camps. It sits in the Talkeetna Mountains, across from Hatcher Pass.

Swiss dairy farm with drying milk cans against Swiss Alps in background

Report on a rescue device specializing in difficult mountain access. The employees receive, fix and set up the antenna which will serve as a relay in the valley located below.

A 700 Kw hydro power plant being constructed on the slopes of Ben more, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK.

Austria, Tyrol, Schmirntal, to Toldern, floor mill, Mühlenwart,

Hedley Masot mines, Hedley, British Columbia.

Snow cannon, Grosser Asitz, Leogang, Austria, Europe

A view of many industrial cranes ready to be installed on construction sites

USA, Colorado, Leadville, Climax Molybdenum Mine

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