Hektor Station

The purpose of the factory, which was built in 1912 on 500 acres of land, was to more efficiently extract oil from whale corpses.

[2] As J. Stephen Dibbern has noted, "The land factory was a complete operation needing very little in outside support other than resupply of fuels.

"[1] Indeed, the site was equipped with barracks, a mess hall and kitchen, a magazine, a hospital, various production shops, storehouses, a guano mill, and a tank farm.

During the 1920s, the company was facing financial challenges, and by April 1931, the price of whale oil had reached a low, necessitating that Hektor Station be closed for good.

This base, which conducted meteorological and geographical research, was staffed until 1969, when it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption.