Wooden Boat Remains on Deception Island

The remains of wooden boats are scattered along the shore of Whalers Bay, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Nearby are the remains of a whaling station built by Norwegians in the early 20th Century. The station was abandoned in 1931 after a collapse in the whale oil market.

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is on the final leg of the Protect the Oceans voyage from the Arctic to the Antarctic. The almost year-long voyage is one of Greenpeace’s biggest ever expeditions and highlights the many threats facing the oceans while campaigning for a Global Ocean Treaty covering all seas outside of national waters.