Pobjoy Mint has issued the first 50-penny coin on behalf of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands government. The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook ...

Monday, January 17th was South Georgia Possession Day, marking 247 years since the first landing on the island was made by Captain James Cook. The British explorer was on his second world voyage ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Bernie Hawkins and has been added to the website on behalf of John Atkinson with his permission and he fully understands the site’s terms and ...

This picture was taken aboard HMS Resolution whilst under heavy attack by aircraft, it comes from a sequence that shows the plane (a Dornier I think) coming in on a attack run and then releasing a ...

On August 26, 1768, explorer James Cook set off from England on the HMS Endeavour for a voyage of discovery to the great Pacific Ocean and the fabled lands therein. By the time he returned to England ...