• First major donation of US$750,000 for Habitat Restoration from the Island Foundation, USA.
• HRH The Princess Royal agrees to become Patron of SGHT.
• Tim and Pauline Carr, who carefully curated South Georgia Museum from 1992-2006, organised a US lecture tour to raise awareness of SGHT and South Georgia
• SGHT takes over the planning of the Habitat Restoration project, initially done through the Centre for Remote Environments at the University of Dundee.