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Motorsports, travel, and random photos from around the world. Rally driver, car #91 in ARA National L2WD. Life is too short to just sit around and wait.

A white church with a dark roof sits in the shadows of a backdrop of cliffs. Green grass and quarry rocks all around the church.
Grytviken, South Georgia
Dec 26, 2024

A church-not-church

I usually wouldn't take a photo of a church, but the history of this one is somewhat fascinating to me. While it originally was built as a church (~1913), whalers apparently... didn't really care too much about church. As a result it wound up being used for a litany of other things: showing films, social hall, library, and more. It remains today as one of the best kept up buildings in Grytviken itself and makes for a neat photo against the cliffs. There's also the remains of a ski jump off to the right (outside the shot), because apparently they'd hold ski jump competitions to pass the time.

A rusting derelict whaling station on South Georgia. Debris litters a beach, and fur seals have reclaimed the land and are lounging about. It is snowing.
Stromness, South Georgia
Dec 25, 2024

Derelict whaling station

Rusting and falling apart, with the land effectively reclaimed by wildlife. There’s a 200m exclusion zone for safety, but even from a distance it’s a haunting reminder of an old world practice. An interesting history bit: Shackleton and some of his crew arrived here after crossing the mountains to seek help for his men stuck on Elephant Island.

Me taking a photo of myself as we cross the sea to South Georgia. Cold waters behind me, with an iceberg looming in the background.
South Georgia (ish)
Dec 23, 2024

Iceberg ahoy

Crossing the seas from the Falklands to South Georgia, encountered an iceberg about ~100 miles off the coast. Supposedly not common to find them this far up but it may have broken off a significantly larger iceberg that is floating around the area. Staggering to see in person, and mind blowing when you consider just how deep they go under the surface!