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OCR: Kingdom 01 the Penguin The island of South Georgia Gateway Antarctica the mos mountainous the Southern Ocean islands and has often been called "the Hima lay ras of the South also home an incredible variety of wildlife: eight penguin speci es can be obser ved with the king. macaroni gentoo, and chinstrap breeding regularly It's major breeding area for wandering albatross, and fur seals and ele phant seals roam the beaches Of historical note South Georgia was the center of the southerr whaling poch, which lastec from 1905 to 1965 and resulted + the drastic reduction 01 southern whale populations It's a1so the place where 1h legendary voyager Sir Erne s1 Shackleton finished his epic 800 -mile journey from Elephant Island lifeboat Dt Obabl incr peng wandet nistorical epoch rorm