Ivanov Beach

[4] As the seals were killed onshore, the hunters spent protracted periods of time there, seeking refuge from the elements in purpose-built stone huts, tent bivouacs, or natural caves.

Livingston Island became the most populous place in Antarctica for a time, its inhabitants exceeding 200 in number during the 1820–23 South Shetlands sealing rush.

[7] Remnants of huts, boats and other sealer equipment and belongings are still present at a number of Byers Peninsula sites, which have become the subject of systematic archaeological research.

[10] Certain vectors of alien species transmission remain unchecked though, including the wood and plastic marine debris,[11] more abundant on northerly Livingston beaches due to their exposure to Drake Passage.

[12] Ivanov Beach is part of the mise-en-scène in the Antarctica thriller novel The Killing Ship authored by Elizabeth Cruwys and Beau Riffenburgh under their joint alias Simon Beaufort in 2016.

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands and Antarctica
Eastern Byers Peninsula in Livingston Island with left to right Lair Hill , Robbery Beaches , Sparadok Point , Tsamblak Hill and Negro Hill in the middle ground; and Rowe Point , Cutler Stack , Ivanov Beach, Nedelya Point , Urvich Wall surmounted by the slopes of Rotch Dome , and Clark Nunatak in the background
Fragment of George Powell 's 1822 chart of the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands ; the depicted track of his sloop Dove indicates he sailed past Ivanov Beach (the strip along the left-side inscription 'Ice Bergs') on 11 November 1821
Antarctic Tern , one of the species for which the Important Bird Area Byers Peninsula merits protection
Map of Byers Peninsula featuring Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 and its two restricted zones including Ivanov Beach
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island
Geography of the thriller novel
The Killing Ship by Simon Beaufort