Monday, December 22, 2008

French Southern Territories Travel & Tourism

The Kerguelen Islands - http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/kerguelen/kerguelen_islands.html
Discovery, detailed history, climate and scientific work on Kerguelen Island. Includes map of Kerguelen and links to explorers who have visited the island.
Kerguelen Cabbage - http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/kerguelen/kerguelen_cabbage.html
Brief notes on the Kerguelen Cabbage, found in the Sub Antarctic Islands of the Indian Ocean.
Journeys - Kerguelen - http://www.caboose.org.uk/journeys/KERintro.html
Describes two months spent traveling to and working on the Islands. Includes a selection of pictures.
Matthew Parris: the Kerguelen Columns - http://www.times-archive.co.uk/onlinespecials/features/parris/
Times (London) columns by journalist and former politician Matthew Parris' visit to Kerguelen for 6 months in 2000.
The Crozet Islands - http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/crozet_islands/crozet_islands.html
Brief history and geography of the Crozet Archipelago in the Southern Indian Ocean. Includes some images of Crozet postage stamps.
The call at the Crozet islands - http://www.edouard.com/travel/crozet/taaf1.html
Illustrated diary of a voyage to the French Southern Lands, with pictures of the landscape and the wildlife.
Leg 183 Scientific Prospectus - Kerguelen Plateau-Broken Ridge - http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prosp/183_prs/183toc.html
The ocean drilling program leg 183 penetrated igneous basement to depths of approximately 150 to 200 m at several morphologically and tectonically diverse locations on the LIP, formed by the Kerguelen Plateau/Broken Ridge in the Southeast Indian Ocean. Includes a complete electronic copy of the report, available for download.
Science News - Drilling Deep into Oceans' Past - http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s19171.htm
Brief article about geophysicists who have drilled several holes deep into the floor of the Indian Ocean, to better understand some of the worlds' most enigmatic rocks.

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