Desolation Island: Book 5 (Aubrey-Maturin)

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One such natural phenomenon is a unique basalt formation situated on a tiny peninsula near the northern extremity of Loranchet Peninsula on Grande Terre (see map). It was first discovered in January 1774 by the navigator Chevalier Kerguelen-Trémarec on board Le Roland, during his second expedition to the region. On his charts, Kerguelen named the structure "Le Portail" (en. portal or gate). Rev Mr Fisher - chaplain on the Leopard, proves of no help in the epidemic, and proves self-centered as the challenges of the voyage continue.

In 1979, the TAAF issued a 2.70-franc air mail stamp (48 x 36 mm in size), engraved by Pierre Béquet, depicting the HMS Terror ship sailing past the Arch of Kerguelen in 1840. The landscape of this island is one of a kind. Due to the strong wind not even a tree grows, only a native cabbage blooms which has become the essential source of nutrition for the main inhabitants of this island: albatrosses, penguins, sea lions and seals. Kerguelen receives frequent precipitation, with snow throughout the year as well as rain. Port-aux-Français receives a modest amount of precipitation ( 708mm or 27 + 7⁄ 8in per annum) compared to the west coast which receives an estimated three times as much precipitation per year. Port Jeanne d'Arc is a former whaling station founded by a Norwegian whaling company in 1908, and a former geomagnetic station, and lies in the northwestern corner of Presqu'île Jeanne d'Arc, looking across the Buenos Aires passage to ÎleLongue ( 2 + 1⁄ 2mi northeast). The derelict settlement consists of four residential buildings with wooden walls and tin roofs, and a barn. One of the buildings was restored in 1977, and another in 2007. In the 1950s and 1960s, French geologist Edgar Albert de la Rue began to introduce several species of salmonids. Of the seven species introduced, only brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis and brown trout Salmo trutta survived to establish wild populations. [32] Coleoptera [ edit ]

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Kerguelen's climate is oceanic, cold, and extremely windswept. Under the Köppen climate classification, Kerguelen's climate is considered to be an ET or tundra climate, which is technically a form of polar climate, as the average temperature in the warmest month is below 10°C (50°F). [26] Comparable climates include the Aleutian Islands, Campbell Island (New Zealand), Falkland Islands, Iceland, northern Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia), Labrador (Canada), and Wollaston Islands (Chile). Baie de l'Observatoire (Observatory Bay) is a former geomagnetic observation station, just west of Port-Aux-Français, on the eastern fringe of the Central Plateau, along the northern shore of the Golfe du Morbihan. Mrs Louisa Wogan - American prisoner on board HMS Leopard sentenced to transportation to New South Wales for spying. The islands are part of the Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra ecoregion that includes several subantarctic islands. Plant life is mainly limited to grasses, mosses, and lichens, although the islands are also known for the indigenous, edible Kerguelen cabbage, a good source of vitamin C to mariners. [29] The main indigenous animals are insects along with large populations of ocean-going seabirds, seals, and penguins. [30]

Moore - Marine Captain on Leopard, good at gunnery, aimed the shot that hit the foremast of the Dutch 74. Meanwhile, Maturin’s manipulation of Mrs Wogan and Herapath has them thinking that they’re escaping on the whaler, but are instead carrying planted intelligence from Maturin that will surely prove useful for the Royal Navy in the future when fighting against the USA or France. The incident between HMS “Leopard” and USS “Chesapeake” that sparked the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. Drawn by Fred S. Cozzens, Public domain | Wikimedia Commons And yet, this region attracts relatively little scientific scrutiny or money when compared to the research on land and species in Europe or North America. An analysis of scientific research across different latitudes in both north and southern hemispheres shows a tiny percentage of work that focuses on this southernmost part of the Earth. That is one of the major reasons for the establishment of the new Cape Horn Biocultural Centre in Puerto Williams (the tiny capital of the Chilean Antarctic province). This centre, to be opened by Bachelet, will dedicate itself to investigating, conserving and managing the unique fauna for the benefit of future generations. On clear days you’ll get great views of Vancouver Island and there are some great wildlife-spotting opportunities from here too. The islands were officially discovered by the French navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec on 12 February 1772. The next day, Charles de Boisguehenneuc landed and claimed the island for the French crown. [6] Yves de Kerguelen organised a second expedition in 1773 and arrived at the "baie de l'Oiseau" by December1773. On 6January 1774 he commanded his lieutenant, Henri Pascal de Rochegude, to leave a message notifying any passers-by of the two passages and of the French claim to the islands. [7] Christmas Harbour, Kerguelens Land, 1811,So Desolation Island begins, much like H.M.S. Surprise and The Mauritius Command, in England with a voyage proposed. But it’s also all different—Stephen doesn’t want to go, because he’s going to see Diana. Also, the other two voyages were planned with his intelligence work in mind, this one isn’t—it’s a trip to New South Wales where the colonists have mutinied against that much-mutineed-against Captain Bligh.

Though it was not till later that his observations from Tierra del Fuego played out in his later work, his early deliberations on the Yaghan suggest that even then he was ruminating on the survival of the fittest, as is clear when he wrote in December 1832. “Viewing such men, one can hardly make oneself believe they are fellow creatures, and inhabitants of the same world. At night, five or six human beings, naked and scarcely protected from the wind and rain of this tempestuous climate, sleep on the wet ground coiled up like animals. Armor (Base Armor), established in 1983, is located 40km (25mi) west of Port-aux-Français at the bottom of Morbihan Gulf, for the acclimatization of salmon to the Kerguelen islands. [20] aux Rennes, also known as Reindeer Island or Australia Island, in the western part of the Golfe du Morbihan, area 36.7 km² (14.17 mi²), altitude 199 m (653 ft.), 49°27'S 69°51'E. Wondering where is Desolation Sound? Desolation Sound Marine Park is located between the BC mainland and Vancouver Island. Meanwhile, Maturin delivers a baby for one of the women prisoners via C-section, whom they name Leopardina, and also plots to gain some US intelligence by way of Mrs Wogan and Herapath.

How Desolation Sound got its name

Saint-Lanne Gramont, is to the west of Île Foch in the Golfe Choiseul. It has an area of 45.8km 2 ( 17 + 11⁄ 16sqmi). Its highest point reaches 480m (1,570ft). Faster Doudle - one of the prime seamen who traded their lime juice-laced rum for tobacco after the steering oar broke approaching the Crozet Islands, bringing on scurvy, until treated by Maturin. In Gundam - The 08th MS Team, the Zeon spacecraft which attempts to evacuate Ginias Sakhalin's forces from their base is named Kerguelen.

Popular with yachts, sailboats, kayaks and canoe-ists, Desolation Sound is the ideal destination for a few relaxing days on the water.

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John C Howard - Marine Lieutenant of the Leopard who plays the flute so well, killed by Larkin in 41 degrees south latitude. The island of Desolation is located within the Kerguelen archipelago and is located in the south of the Indian Ocean between 48 ° 35 ′ and 49 ° 54 ′ south latitude and between 68 ° 43 ′ and 70 ° 35 ′ longitude East. Every three months a ferry leaves from the island of Réunion (in itself already difficult to reach since there is no airport) and then it takes six days of crossing the sea to finally spot land.