Helen Balfour
Assistant curator at the South Georgia Museum with family links to whaling who helps present and interpret the social history of whaling at Grytviken and for the Whalers Memory Bank.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 53min
Whaling
Gibby Fraser, a former Shetland whaler with 1950s–60s Southern Ocean experience. Helen Balfour, assistant curator at South Georgia Museum with family whaling links. Jayne Pierce, curator preserving South Georgia’s whaling history. They discuss industrial whaling’s machinery and life on shore stations. They recount catcher operations, technological change, the industry’s global reach and the Whalers Memory Bank archive.
