Grytviken Icebergs
City: Grytviken, Ross District, South Georgia
Population: 252,000
Home Field: Antarctic Stadium (capacity: 13,300)
Grytviken's downtown area at night.
If you want a true taste of South Georgian entertainment and culture, then you need to visit the country's largest city Grytviken. The city is named after the island's first settlement: a Scandanavian whaling station (founded in the early 1900s) situated several miles north.
However, the current-day Grytviken is much different than it's simple predecessor. The city features a vibrant night life (yes, there can be night life in the antarctic!) thanks in part to Antarctic University... the island's second-largest post-secondary school. The city is also the home of GSN (Georgia Sports Network, the country's trusted TV sports station. Sometimes nicknamed the "Grytviken Sports Network" for it's bias towards the 'big city' sports teams). They also have the country's only zoo, an enormous conference complex, a multi-language acting school, and some of the highest-rated seafood restaurants in the world. The city's main radio station, "Cool Radio 99.3" features Klaus "Killer" Lund: South Georgia's answer to Howard Stern. Grytviken's downtown arts scene is also unique.... in the sense that plays are presented in either English, Norwegian or Swedish (sometimes a mix of all three)... the three cultural sources of most of the residents.
The SGBL's 'Grytviken Icebergs' are the best-funded team, playing in one of the nation's largest stadiums. They are expected to be contenders on a year-to-year basis. Residents here expect winners. It seems like the "New York/L.A." mentality might be rubbing off on SGI's big cats.