Stromness is a former whaling station on the northern coast of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic. It was the destination of Ernest Shackleton's rescue journey in 1916. It is the central of three harbours in the west side of Stromness Bay, South Georgia. The name 'Fridtjof Nansen' or Nansen appeared for this harbour on some early charts, but since about 1920 the name Stromness has been consistently used..