British Antarctic Survey’s detailed map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia featuring the epic “Shackleton Crossing” has won an award at the 2018 British Cartography Society Awards.
A team of cartographers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has re-produced a high-resolution updated map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The island, situated at 37°W 54°10’S is a ...
Click on the inset map of South Georgia to see Shackleton's route across South Georgia, which Reinhold Messner, Conrad Anker, and Stephen Venables retraced in April 2000.