Søren Berntsen
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Søren Berntsen was an important figure in the history of whaling
in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
. Arriving in the islands with the floating factory ship
Bucentaur, Berntsen established the shore station at Husvik
in 1910, and became the first manager of it. The station operated until the 1930s.
Whaling
Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...
in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
. Arriving in the islands with the floating factory ship
Factory ship
A factory ship, also known as a fish processing vessel, is a large ocean-going vessel with extensive on-board facilities for processing and freezing caught fish...
Bucentaur, Berntsen established the shore station at Husvik
Husvik
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour. Husvik initially began as a floating, offshore factory site in 1907. In 1910, a land station was constructed...
in 1910, and became the first manager of it. The station operated until the 1930s.