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	Kerguelen Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kerguelen Islands or the Kerguelen Archipelago (French: Îles Kerguelen or Archipel de Kerguelen or officially Archipel des Kerguelen or officially Archipel Kerguelen) is a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean.
		The islands are one of four districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, and were discovered by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec in February 1772.
		In the seafaring novel Desolation Island, one of the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, the crew repair their disabled ship on an island that strongly resembles Kerguelen, although a later book in the series asserts that it is a different Desolation Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerguelen_Islands (613 words)

	Desolation Island
		Desolation Island is located in the Antarctic region (49 degrees 20 minutes S, 70 degrees 20 minutes E).
		The island seemed desolate at the time, even though it teems with arctic animal life, mosses and even an unusual variety of cabbage that is exceptionally high in vitamin C. (It was used by sailors and whalers throughout the 1800s to avoid scurvy.)
		The island is situated in a zone where the warm waters of more temperate oceans meet the cold waters of the south.
	www.indepthinfo.com /desolation/index.shtml (295 words)

	TIERRA DEL FUEGO - LoveToKnow Article on TIERRA DEL FUEGO
		Staten Island to the east of Tierra del Foego has been settled by the Argentine government; there are a prison and lighthouse at St John Harbour, and a first-class permanent meteorological and magnetic station.
		Desolation Land was supposed by Cook to form a continuous mass stretching from the western entrance of Magellan Strait to Cockhurn Channel, but it actually consists of several islands, separated from each Other by very narrowchannels flowing between the Pacific and the western branch of Magellan Strait.
		Fauna.In the main island of Tierra del Fuego, the low-lying plains with their rich growth of tall herbage are frequented by the rhea, guanaco and other animals common to the adjoining mainland.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TI/TIERRA_DEL_FUEGO.htm (2183 words)

	Allegory Wrestling, or Desolation Island Decoded
		The voyage of the Leopard in Desolation Island is introduced as a conventional adventure, to assist Governor Bligh at Botany Bay and explore new lands.
		While Desolation Island hints at this kind, the characters and their relationships are not drawn so darkly, and the heroes do not suffer mortally, which would end the series; we get not catharsis, but a sequel.
		Desolation Island is the hinge of the series, settling its form and accomplishments.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~hfc/pob/aw.html (3443 words)

	Desolation Sound
		Desolation is protected from strong winds in the summer months but make for pleasant days and much sunshine.
		Favoured anchorages in Tenedos Bay are inside the island on the bay's northern shore, or at the head of the bay, near Unwin Lake.
		The Gorges Islands are incorporated in the park, providing protection in the bay from the wakes of passing marine traffic plying Waddington Channel.
	www.sailingcharters.bc.ca /desolation_sound.htm (1692 words)

	Desolation Island Audio Book
		Desolation Island was authored by Patrick O'Brian and is narrated by N/A.
		Desolation Island is a great audio book to use as a test of this concept.
		Get Desolation Island audio book today and start improving your life by gaining knowledge and realize the joy that comes from treating yourself with the respect you deserve.
	www.audio-book.ws /books/desolation-island.php (641 words)

	Desolation Island Aubrey Maturin Series :: Education by Design Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		That said, looking back I think Desolation Island is the best of what I have read so far (no reflection on the later books, which are outstanding).
		Desolation Island, Fortune of War, and The Surgeon's Mate are one such grouping.
		In that respect, Desolation Island is one of the best paintings ever done showing a man-of-war working off a lee shore in calm weather.
	www.edbydesign.com /books/039330812X.html (2266 words)

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		Desolation is the most popular island in the world, due to its proximity to the equator and its many crisp beaches.
		Isolation was the biggest city on Desolation Island, with a population of 56,745 people, and countless Pokémon that were wild in the streets and corridors of the city.
		Since Desolation Island is leagues away from any city with a Pokémon professor, it is impractical to send the new trainer applicants to places as far off as Pallet Town (which is almost 400 miles from Isolation Port).
	members.aol.com /HomeNHeartCanada/pokemontevvirusp1.doc (4928 words)

	To the Ends of the Earth
		This is hardly surprising, since the island and its surrounding archipelago of a further 85 islands is – at 49°20'S, 70°20'E – a speck on the map.
		Although the island is large – about the size of Crete, spanning 75 by 87 miles – no point on the island is further than 12 miles from the sea, thanks to the fjords and inlets that cut into Kerguelen's shores.
		Not all of the animals found on the island are natives.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/E/ends2/tisland2.html (798 words)

	Desolation Island: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 5 Audio Book
		Desolation Island: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 5 was authored by Patrick O'Brian and is narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith.
		Desolation Island: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 5 is a great audio book to use as a test of this concept.
		Get Desolation Island: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 5 audio book today and start improving your life by gaining knowledge and realize the joy that comes from treating yourself with the respect you deserve.
	www.audio-book.ws /books/desolation-island-238.php (724 words)

	World Adventurer \| Wrangel Island: isolation, desolation and tragedy
		After a couple of abortive attempts at settlement and protracted diplomatic argument, Wrangel Island is now occupied by a small team of Russian scientists and their supporting community who maintain a meteorological and research base at Ushakovskoye on the Southern coast.
		A good part of the reason Wrangel Island was chosen for this extreme survival exercise is the abundance of wildlife.
		Ironically, Wrangel Island also escaped glaciation in the last Ice Age, leaving several unique species of vascular plants and was probably the last place on Earth to support a woolly mammoth population.
	www.worldadventurer.net /issue1/wrangel.html (788 words)

	To the Ends of the Earth
		The Breton captain from whom the island of Kerguelen took its name was commissioned by Louis XV to search for the southern continent and claim it for France.
		The ruins of their homes remain on the island, but despite their status as pioneers, they have been all but forgotten.
		Although there was plenty of commercial activity on Desolation Island in the early 19th century, it was largely neglected by explorers and scientists until an expedition led by James Clark Ross, which arrived at Christmas Harbour – the site of Cook's first landing – in 1840.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/E/ends2/tisland3.html (782 words)

	Aubrey-Maturin series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The novel gives further scope to Maturin's role as both a secret agent (in which he uses propaganda effectively to support the campaign) and as a naturalist (in which he is seen collecting relics of the extinct birds the Dodo and the Solitaire).
		En route to Australia, the Leopard is becalmed and devastated by a plague, engaged in a chilling life-or-death chase by the Dutch 74 gun Waakzaamheid, gravely wounded by an Antarctic iceberg, and stranded on Desolation Island, a frigid, uninhabited archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean.
		While stranded on the island they fight a ferocious battle against Dayak pirates and are eventually rescued by Chinese traders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desolation_Island_(novel) (4105 words)

	IOL: Voyage to island of desolation
		Pitcairn Island is a tiny fortress that stands tall against the sapphire blue depths of the South Pacific - a week's sailing time from Tahiti.
		The island's isolation and inaccessibility made it an ideal refuge for the escaping fugitives back in 1789 and for over two centuries little has changed on Pitcairn Island, until recently.
		The island is surrounded by a perpetual ring of surf that crashes on to its rocks.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=14&click_id=420&art_id=vn20041017104347429C674187 (1378 words)

	Desolation Sound
		Several offshore islands and a gradually rising upland that contains a number of lakes, waterways and waterfalls are added attractions that beckon to kayakers, boaters and outdoor enthusiasts alike.
		Copeland Islands, known locally as the Ragged Islands, is a 437 hectare marine park.
		Desolation Sound is situated in the rain shadow of the Vancouver Island mountains.
	www.synergy.ca /new_page_6.htm (3207 words)

	The Arch of Kerguelen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kerguelen named it Desolation Island, but in the published account of the last voyage of Captain Cook, who briefly stopped there, Kerguelen's name was attached and it stuck.
		While wanderings across the island and describing his encounters--with a French fisherman escaping a troubled home life, with French paratroopers on a training mission, with scientists and with the "disker" who heads the small community--he also roams through the history of the island and its many personalities.
		Graves are scattered across the island, crosses and memorials whose names are illegible, blasted by the wind and the weather.
	www.phy6.org /outreach/books/Kerguelen.htm (526 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Desolation Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Desolation Island begins with the two protagonists having their problems on land.
		Desolation Island is in some ways similar to contemporary works by LeCarre such as The Honourable Schoolboy or The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
		Desolation Island is one of the richest, and at the same time most easily approached, titles in the Aubrey Maturin series.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0002221454 (1469 words)

	To the Ends of the Earth
		One of the most remote and inaccessible places on Earth, Kerguelen – called 'Desolation Island' by Captain Cook – is situated in the middle of the southern Indian Ocean, thousands of miles from civilisation.
		After spending 'without doubt the worst night of my life' in a freezing and wet tent on an expedition around the foot of Mount Ross – the highest mountain on the island – he wondered if he was losing his taste for pitting himself against the ultimate.
		Matthew's trip was blighted by a terrible accident that took place on a hunting trip to a neighbouring island.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/E/ends2/island1.html (538 words)

	kayaking Vancouver Island, British Columbia kayak killer whales sea
		This sea kayaking tour, set in the dramatic seascape of the wild northwest coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, fringes the Pacific Ocean in a stunning contrast of land and sea.
		Desolation Sound is a Vancouver Island sea kayaking paradise.
		With the majestic Coast Mountain range in view, this island paradise hosts one of the most picturesque backdrops on the coast.
	www.kayak-adventures.com (450 words)

	ipedia.com: Kerguelen Islands Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kerguelen Archipelago is in the southern Indian Ocean at 49°20' S, 70°20' E. The main island Kerguelen, originally called Desolation Island, is 6,675 km 2 and it is surrounded by another 300 small...
		The islands belong to France, and were discovered by Yves Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec in February 1772.
		Desolation Island is the title of a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series; by Patrick O'Brian in which the crew of HMS Leopard are shipwrecked on Kerguelen.
	www.ipedia.com /kerguelen_islands.html (292 words)

	Desolation Island (Aubrey-Maturin (Paperback))
		Review: Desolation Island is one of the richest, and at the same time most easily approached, titles in the Aubrey Maturin series.
		Maybe it's heretical to suggest not starting with the first book, but Desolation Island, H.M.S. Surprise, and The Far Side of the World are the ones I recommend to people when I'm trying to get them hooked.
		Desolation Island, as a starting point, also includes one of the most exciting, tense chases in the series.
	www.bookstore24x7.com /b-desolation-island-aubrey-maturin-paperback (1312 words)

	Fodor's Travel Guides \| Forums Messages
		Desolation Sound is gorgeous, and a haven for private boats.
		Desolation Sound is very remote and many of the bays are only accessible by boat.
		Desolation Sound as mentioned has become quite popular-the farther north you go the fewer people you'll find.
	www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=29&tid=34700534&numresponses=1&start=0 (406 words)

	Desolation Island
		One by one the patients, many blinded and disfigured by the disease, were led to a microphone on stage where they belted out traditional enka songs, much to the cheers and delight of their comrades, many of whom had had more than a few beers and glasses of sake.
		The government also issued a formal apology, its first, for the pain and suffering the patients had endured during their confinement, and it promised to provide all patients, whose average age is 74, with compensation and to help them, if they wanted, to return to society.
		While on this rainy day there was much merrymaking in Oshima, a dazzling island of white sand beaches, rolling green hills and pine forests, residents of this lepers' colony, accessible only by boat, have not forgotten the great sorrow and indignity they have suffered.
	flatrock.org.nz /topics/prisons/the_leper_of_somes_island.htm (2238 words)

	Desolation Island - Bibliography
		The Arch of Kerguelen, by Jean Paul Kaufman was written after a visit to these remote islands near Antarctica (1991).
		Intertaining and informative, dwells on the geography, history and animal life of the island.
		Desolation Island, by Patrick O'Brian is an exciting Naval Adventure of the Napoleonic era that takes place largely in the "high-latitudes" of the southern Hemisphere.
	www.indepthinfo.com /desolation/bibliography.shtml (59 words)

	Desolation Island Aubrey Maturin Paperback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Desolation Island and The Maritius Command are both fast paced and hard to put down.
		I have just gotten Fortune of War and hope that it will be as good as Desolations Island.
		Just finished all 20 books in the O-Brian series and am heading straight back to "Desolation Island," my personal favorite of the lot (although I loved them all).
	www.hallenglishclassics.com /store/books_039330812X_Desolation-Island-Aubrey-Maturin-Paperback.html (439 words)

	French Colonies - Kerguelen Archipelago, Ile Kerguelen
		Also known as Desolation Island, it is the largest of the 300 islands, islets and reefs in the Kerguelen Archipelago (total area ca.
		Although the windswept, treeless countenance of these islands may present a bleak and barren face to humans, the redeeming quality of this hostile environment may very well be its teeming and colorful population of wildlife.
		Relevant publications: Jean-Paul Kauffmann, The Arch of Kerguelen: Voyage to the Islands of Desolation (2000); Max Schmid (Photographer), Genesis: Landscapes by Max Schmid (2002); Dominique Weis and F.A. Frey, Role of the Kerguelen Plume in generating the eastern Indian Ocean seafloor (Jour.
	www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Kerguelen.shtml (2142 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Voyage to Desolation Island: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The islands were first sighted in 1772 by a French seafarer, and for the last 200 years have largely bypassed the British psyche--until the Times columnist Matthew Parris made a big splash by hightailing there two years ago, which presumably explains the timing of this translation.
		His writing is often as bleak and sparse as the islands themselves, and there is often an emotional distance between himself and the people he meets; Kauffmann is far more connected when he recounts the islands' history than when he lives its present.
		Voyage to Desolation Island is a wonderful meditation on solitude and alienation, but one can't help wondering whether Kauffmann doesn't unwittingly reveal as much about the price he paid for three years in captivity as he has about the Kerguelens.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1860469264/journeys-21 (879 words)

	AllRefer.com - Kerguelen (South Asia Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Kerguelen Island rises in the south to Mt. Rose (6,120 ft/1,865 m), and Cook Glacier covers its western third.
		Glacial lakes, peat marshes, lignite, and guano deposits are found on the island; it also has seals, rabbits, wild hogs, and wild dogs.
		The island, famous for the native Kerguelen cabbage, is used mainly as a research station and a seal-hunting and whaling base.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kerguele.html (228 words)

	KERGUELEN ISLAND - Online Information article about KERGUELEN ISLAND
		volcano and hot springs are said to exist in the south-west of the island.
		cabbage, was formerly abundant, but has been greatly reduced by rabbits introduced on to the island.
		albatross, terns, cormorants and Cape pigeons frequent the island.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KERGUELEN_ISLAND.html (1524 words)

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