cemetery. Larsen established a meteorological observatory at Grytviken, which from 1905 was maintained in cooperation with the Argentine Meteorological Office under the British lease requirements of the whaling station until these changed in 1949. Larsen was also instrumental, with his brother, in introducing Reindeer to South Georgia in 1911, as a resource for recreational hunting for the people involved in the whaling industry. Larsen, like other managers and senior officers of the South Georgia whaling stations, lived in Grytviken together with his family including his wife, three daughters and two sons. In 1910, they obtained British citizenship, following an application filed with the British Magistrate of South Georgia in which Larsen declared: "I have given up my Norwegian citizens rights and have resided here since I started whaling in this colony on 16 November 1904 and have no reason to be of any other citizenship than British, as I have had and intend to have my residence here still for a long time." See also Larsen Harbour Viktor Esbensen Carl Julius Evensen Bristol Island Montagu Island Robertson Island Seymour Island Thule Island History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands References Books Footnotes External links Captain Carl Anton Larsen Whaling Ship C A Larsen Whaling stations of Grytviken, Leith Harbor, and Stromness Harbor Exploration of the Antarctic Norwegian Antarctic Territory People from Sandefjord Norwegian sailors Explorers of Antarctica Norwegian polar explorers Norwegian people in whaling History of South Georgia South Orkney Islands Norwegian emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Larvik British Antarctic Territory 1860 births 1924 deaths Graham Land Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands people Sea captains Whaling in Antarctica Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark