Sunday Herald, Scotland 1 February 2004 Fishing nations agree to protect albatross By James Hamilton THE albatross is now protected by a new global treaty, the...
I received the following message this morning. I think it was intended to go to the entire List, so I'm forwarding it to everyone and will comment below. Not...
Dear Bob, Yes, that was supposed to go to the whole list. The moderator said that the settings had been changed so that replying to messages would work like...
The following article appears in today's St. Helena Herald. Ascension Island, like Tristan, is a Dependency of St. Helena. Unlike Tristan, however, it has a...
Dear members of the Tristan da Cunha MB - Last autumn I wrote to members of this board asking for information and advice because we had booked a cruise on the...
That's great Dee - Thanks for the sharing the update. Also FYI - The Orion also makes a stop in Tristan. The ship actually uses Zodiacs for their tenders, so...
Dear Bob, Well, it's at least good to hear that the Ascension islanders made such a positive stand. I did not know much about Ascension before reading Ben...
Dear Dee, Thanks for telling us about your visit. Good for you, you seem very philosophical about not going ashore. I think I would be totally gutted! Ian...
Thanks, Ian. This article appeared today in Edinburgh. Bob ................... http://news.scotsman.com Scottish News Direct from Scotland Mon 9 Feb 2004...
I have received the following message, which I am forwarding to the list as suggested. Regards to all... Bob Conrich Anguilla, British West Indies ... Subject:...
Dear Bob, and others concerned about these penguins There is no shortage of penguins on Nightingale. I sat there in 2000 absolutely surrounded by them. These...
Hello - I've posted some pictures taken December 24, 2003 from the cruise ship Royal Princess as we were anchored off Tristan da Cunha. I believe the weather...
Now that the yearly RMS St. Helena trips have been cancelled, can anyone give more information about the fishing vessels that leave from Cape Town for Tristan...
Dear Diane and All, If you read the previous message, you can see that the group concerned was quite explicit in saying that the main concern was the welfare...
Friends, The following press release was published in this morning's "St. Helena Herald." High-Point Rendel is a British consulting firm that advised SHG on...
Hi, My wife and I live in Homer,Alaska which we used to think of as remote but with this modern communicaion I've discovered that there are a lot of people...
Hi, My wife and I homesteaded here in Homer years age ago when we thought we were remote. Since then with modern communicaton this has all changed. It would be...
Dear All, I read the above book this morning. It was fantastic! I really recommend that you buy it, not just because it supports the Tristan Disaster Fund, but...
Dear Ian I agree it was a very interesting and revealing read. I'd like to congratulate the authors on this. Some of the dialect forms were familiar to me...
Yep, it seems so strange to us using potatoes for puddings, but if flour can be in both savoury and sweet dishes, then I suppose why not potatoes? On Pitcairn,...
Just another "me too" compliment for the new "Tristan da Cunha: History, People, Language" book. I've read some other Tristan books over the years, and this...
I got the impression that they just sent a few people to collect the apples for everyone. This may be because a wider range of available foods means that they...
Re the Schreier book on TDC you maybe interested in his main research on TDC language. Here follows a joint review of both books I did last year. Ian...
Having read all the praise for the new book on Tristan ( "Tristan da Cunha: History, People, Language") and giving up on my library system to order it, I went...
