Antarctica had, and to some degree still has, huge wildlife resources. The main ones as far as man and his economic activity was concerned were whales and seals. Hundreds of thousands were taken by the whalers and sealers for oil and other products. This has almost entirely stopped now since the whale and seal populations were greatly depleted to below economic viability. Tourism has taken over as the primary economic activity in the Antarctic.

The three pictures here represent remains of the old whale processing factory facilities from back in the early 1900s. Antarctica and the tourist industry strongly protects remains such as these. Of course, there’s not all that much to preserve in Antarctica.