Thomas McShane, The Desolation of Deception Island (PLACES 2024)
Nestled into the sheltered caldera of an active volcano, the abandoned ruins of a once bustling scientific station tell the story of the volcanoes impact on the island in 1957 and 1969 leaving this once whaling station now in a state of desolation.
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