Outfitting SGHT’s Field Team on South Georgia Island
South Georgia Island is now rodent free thanks to a massive eradication effort. Back in 2011 the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) embarked on a seemingly-impossible task: to rid the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia of every last rat and mouse that had been wrecking havoc on this prime breeding sanctuary for millions of seabirds. These invasive, habitat-destroying, egg-eating predators first hitchhiked to the remote South Atlantic islands aboard whaling and sealing ships some 200 years ago.
Read the full story at NPR. Includes photos of the dogs in cute canine workwear!