Prince Olav Harbour Buildings by Ella Derbyshire

Nikon D80's

The rusty buildings of this abandoned whaling community lie on the south shore of North Bay in Prince Olav Harbour. In 1911, this 18th-19th Century sealing center became a whaling center under the last whaling lease granted by the Falkland Islands. At first Prince Olav Harbour's whaling was run from the Restitution, a floating whaling factory. From the sinking of the Restitution in 1916 until the closing of the station in 1931, whaling operations were shore-based. You might want to look at the separate panorama of the station's machinery which was taken at the west end of the bay.

This is a strange place with thousands of seals wandering among the rusty buildings and swimming around metal and wood debris in the water.

This panorama was stitched from 22 images captured with a hand-held Nikon D80 in a moving zodiac on choppy water. I was happily surprised when Autopano Pro managed to stitch it this well.