Published by the Northcoast Environmental Center, an influential coalition that educates, agitates and litigates on behalf of the environment in the...
See website for further details: http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/campaigns/ukot/special.aspx Wildlife on the brink Eleven unique bird and plant species are...
The Mercury KwaZulu-Natal Seabird sighting a scoop for birders July 14 2011 at 04:04pm Tony Carnie LOCAL birders who spotted a very unusual visitor in the sea...
MercoPress South Atlantic News Agency Montevideo Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 03:47 UTC South Georgia mentioned as example of longline fisheries seabirds...
Articles from this week's "St. Helena Independent" The next Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha is to be Mark Andrew Capes, a...
Members of this group may be interested to know that a new book on Tristan has just been published: Tristan da Cunha and the Tristanians by Daniel Schreier &...
Motorship South African Polar vessel is launched 21 Jul 2011 Polar research vessel 'S.A. Agulhas II' has now been named in Finland by its South African...
Tristan da Cunha is the world's most remote community. Tristan rock lobster are found almost exclusively in the Tristan da Cunha group of islands (Tristan da...
Great job for an unattached person in a very friendly small community on a fascinating remote island. Please forward this notice to all who might be...
The fishing vessel MV Edinburgh usually makes six return voyages from Cape Town to Tristan da Cunha. In the fishing season these are extended to enable the...
To continue yesterday's alleged fishing news from Tristan, I've discovered the following headlines on the website of the international shipping newspaper...
Most of us in the British OTs are proud to be British citizens and just want the UN to leave us alone. HMG is committed to grant any of us, including Tristan,...
A friend sent this to me, with the message that these penguins don't know George Economou, the owner of the M/S Oliva -- "thank goodness." This has little to...
The current issue of the excellent Newsletter of the Tristan da Cunha Association is being received by subscribers in the UK, and elsewhere when it gets there....
This is very sudden, very short notice. It looks to me like someting's gone wrong. Again. Bob Locum Island Doctor required for immediate start during...
Thanks for sharing this. One day I hope to have an opportunity to photograph these Emperpr penguins. I have had the opportunity to go to Antarctica twice now,...
http://www.jontonks.co.uk/empire/tristan-da-cunha Conrad Glass wearing a bulletproof vest and other oddities. Click on each photo to enlarge it and see...
I'm copying this from the ACAP site. You can see the illustrations and hotlinks at http://tinyurl.com/3rm5le7 Bob Lewis Carroll and the albatross: The Mad...
http://videos.mitrasites.com/tristan-moorhen.html is a page of references to the Tristan moorhen, which Wikipedia says has been extinct for over a century. But...
Eyewitness News South Africa 8 September 2011 SA Agulhas departs for last voyage Nathan Adams The SA Agulhas departed for Gough Island in the South Atlantic...
Abstract: The island Tristan da Cunha is located in the South Atlantic Anomaly, and until recently the area has been one of the largest gaps in the global...
Kevin Purcell has kindly sent me this excellent commentary on the moorhen, below, with permission to share it with members. I've omitted the picture of the...
The following is from http://www.tristandc.com/books0811.php where the front covers of the books are illustrated. Bob Tristan da Cunha and the Tristanians by...
Hi everybody, Do you know whether Mr. Jim Flint has an email address? I am interested in buying his latest book on Tristan. Thank you very much. Regards, ...
For those wishing to visit Tristan during the coming season, here is the schedule of expected cruise ship visits. Island Sky - 23rd - 27th December 2011 ...
Monitoring ACAP species: annual South African/United Kingdom expedition leaves for Gough Island 7 September 2011 19:48 Last week South Africa's Antarctic...
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Matt Reeves
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Sep 12, 2011 7:02 pm
While cleaning out my Great Aunt's (Grace Beetham, grand-daughter of Ellen Cotton) farmhouse in Connecticut, my sisters came across this letter from Mrs....
Matthew, thank you so much for sharing this letter with us. My guess is that the mystery word [t?th?] is thatch or thatches. I wonder if you could scan the...
