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	South Shetland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Shetland Islands or Iles Shetland du Sud or Islas Shetland del Sur or New South Britain or New South Shetland or Shetland Islands or South Shetlands or Sydshetland or Süd-Shetland Inseln are a chain of islands in the Southern Ocean lying about 120 kilometres northward of the Antarctic Peninsula.
		British explorer William Smith arrived to the islands on 19 February 1819, while cruising close to the northern edge of the islands, and claimed in the name of King George III, disembarking on the largest of the South Shetlands, King George Island by the same man on 16 October that year.
		Aitcho Islands is a group of small islands lying in the N entrance to English Strait (between Robert and Greenwich islands, being part of South Shetland Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Shetland_Islands (515 words)

	South Shetland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The islands were discovered by the British explorer William Smith on 19 February, 1819 and claimed in the name of King George III.
		The first landing on the islands was made on the largest of the South Shetlands, King George Island by the same man on 16 October that year.
		Sealing and whaling took place on the islands in the 19th and early 20th century, but the islands have only been occupied since the establishment of a scientific research station in 1944.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/South_Shetland_Islands (317 words)

	AllRefer.com - South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Antarctic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		South Shetland Islands, barren, snow-covered archipelago off N Antarctic Peninsula, W Antarctica; Livingston and King George islands are the largest.
		The South Shetlands were bases for sealers in the 19th cent., whalers in the early 20th cent., and also for antarctic exploration; they now have scientific bases.
		The South Shetlands, discovered by the British mariner William Smith in 1819, are claimed by Great Britain, Argentina, and Chile.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SthShe.html (183 words)

	King George Island (South Shetland Islands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island was discovered by the British explorer William Smith in 1819.
		The coastal areas of the island are home to a comparatively diverse selection of vegetation and animal life, including Elephant, Weddell and Leopard seals, and Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins.
		Human habitation of King George Island is limited to research stations belonging to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, South Korea, Peru, Poland, Russia, and Uruguay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_George_Island (258 words)

	South Shetland Islands, 2003
		As amazing it may be, the many explorers did not venture much past the South Shetland Islands for several years after their discovery.
		Now the islands of the South Shetlands are littered with the remains of the whaling and sealing days.
		Ok, this isn't a part of the South Shetland Islands, but this tiny volcanic island lying on the eastern side of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula played its part in the great Explorer era in Antarctica.
	www.cybamuse.com /antarctica/shetlands_03.htm (436 words)

	South Shetland Islands (UK, Argentina & Chile) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The South Shetland Islands (61° 00' to 63° 37'S, 53° 83' to 62° 83'W) were discovered by William Smith on 19 February 1819, but he didn't make a landing.
		This island might be one of the most important in Antarctic history: this is where 22 members of Shackleton's "Endurance" expedition were stranded in 1915 after their ship was crushed in Weddell Sea pack ice - they spent 135 days on the island.
		This island is the largest of the South Shetlands, and is often called Antarctica's unofficial capital, due to the eight national winter stations built on it.
	www.70south.com /resources/islands/shetland (1138 words)

	South Shetland Islands - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands: The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-1820 As Recorded in Contemporary Documents and the Journal of Midshipman...
		Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China Sea, North-West Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, &c.
		Piloting directions for the east and west coasts of South America from the River Plate to Panama, &c: Also for the South Shetland, Falkland, Galapagos,...
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /south_shetland_islands.htm (420 words)

	South Shetland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about South Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Archipelago of 12 uninhabited islands in the South Atlantic, forming part of the British Antarctic Territory; area 4,622 sq km/1,785 sq mi.
		The islands were reached in 1819 by William Smith.
		The chief islands are Livingstone, Smith, Clarence, King George I, Elephant, and Deception.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /South+Shetland (132 words)

	The Antarctic Regulations 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Seal Islands are composed of small islands and skerries located approximately 7 km north of the northwest corner of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands.
		Seal Island is joined to the adjacent island to the west by a narrow sand bar that is approximately 50 m long.
		Cape Shirreff is approximately 3 km from north to south and 0.5 to 1.2 km from east to west.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1995/Uksi_19950490_en_9.htm (308 words)

	Antarctica Cruise and Travel Guide, South Shetland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		South Shetland Islands - A string of Islands not administered by any one nation but currently covered by the Antarctic Treaty where all territorial claims are suspended.
		The South Shetland Islands are a string of islands running parallel to the north west coast of the Antarctic peninsula.
		Landings on Elephant island are not common as it is often difficult to approach due to sea and weather conditions.
	www.coolantarctica.com /Travel/south_shetland_islands.htm (1365 words)

	WOVO: Deception Volcanic Observatory, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A volcanological observatory was installed in the 1992 summer at the Argentine Station of Deception Island by the Instituto Antartico Argentino (IAA) and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales from Spain.
		The observatory was established because of activity at Deception Island in 1991/92.
		The volcano is monitored using 5 seismic stations, a gravimeter, a magnetometer, thermometry and gas geochemistry, and levelling and GPS for ground deformation.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/wovo/antarctica/deception.html (140 words)

	Antarctica Tours - South Shetland Islands
		After emerging from the Drake Passage, the South Shetlands are a frequent stop for those traveling to the peninsula.
		King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands and is one of the most populated locations in Antarctica.
		Sealers were the first to take advantage of the island, but by 1915 whalers had taken the area over, establishing thirteen whaling stations within the harbor.
	www.adventure-life.com /antarctica/south_shetland.php (715 words)

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		But the particular island here described is completely volcanic; and its circular crater bears a very strlking resemblance to that of the Island of Amsterdam, or, as it is called by some, St, Paul, in the mid-ocean between the Cape of Good Hope and Australla.
		Like Smith's Island it was only distinguishable from the numerous icebergs by which it was surrounded, by the towering height of its mountains, and by.the fl fringe of rocks that skirted the water-line.
		Th island is inhabited by penguins, from whose rookeries proceeded a most deafening din, saluting the ears of the passenger in most discordant notes.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~volcano/Ke62p66.html (1759 words)

	Falkland Islands, South Georgia & the Antarctic Peninsula \| falkland \| islands
		Falkland Islands, South Georgia & the Antarctic Peninsula
		Cruise the Beagle Channel, the Drake Passage, the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.
		Our landings in the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula may include Paulet Island featuring the remains of polar expeditions from the beginning of the 20th century, and a colony of hundreds of thousands of Adelie Penguins.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/13799.html (824 words)

	Rock glaciers on South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the South Shetland Islands the investigators found eight active rock glaciers, no relict or fossil examples, and seven protalus ramparts.
		The South Shetland Islands have a cold oceanic climate, characteristic of the maritime Antarctica, with frequent summer rains and moderate thermal amplitude, and a cold and humid morphoclimatic system, of crionival character.
		In the South Shetland Islands the presence of rock glaciers have been identified on Livingston Island (Martinez de Pison et al., 1991; Lopez-Martinez et al., 1992a, 1992b), on Admiralty Bay, in King George Island (Birkenmajer, 1981; Barsch et al., 1985) and in Fildes Peninsula (Barsch et al.
	www.nsidc.org /data/ggd279.html (368 words)

	Shetland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Shetland Islands (sometimes historically spelled Zetland, formerly Hjaltland) are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area.
		The Shetland Islands were originally a Norwegian colony, and were pawned to the crown of Scotland on February 20, 1472.
		The Fair Isle lies approximately halfway between Shetland and Orkney, but it is administered as part of Shetland and is often counted as part of the island group.
	www.wikiverse.org /shetland-islands (343 words)

	Shetland Ponies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Shetlands are one of the world's most popular pony breeds.
		The Shetland Pony comes from the Shetland Islands which is a cluster of islands about 100 miles from the coast of Scotland.
		Shetland ponies are believed to be descendants of the 'Tundra Ponies' that came to Britain sometime during the last Ice Age.
	www.tartans.com /articles/shetlandponies.html (493 words)

	South Shetland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The nearest flora can be found off the continent on the nearby South Shetland islands in the form of mosses and lichen.
		Council, Shetland Islands Council, Orkney Islands Council, The...
		Junior High School, on the northern tip of the Shetland Islands were "twinned...
	www.wikiverse.org /south-shetland-islands (387 words)

	Antarctica Exploration Cruises Main Page
		From Ushuaia we proceed south across the Drake Passage to the South Shetland Islands and then to the north of the Antarctic Peninsula.
		South, beyond the Polar Circle, we sail into in the beautiful Crystal Sound, full of glaciers flowing between the high mountains.
		The Andrea adventures begin from Ushuaia, on the island of Tierra del Fuego, at the very tip of the South American Continent and end in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands with a series of itineraries of varying length from 8 to 19 days.
	www.travelvantage.com /ant_cru_explore.html (807 words)

	Antarctica: South Shetland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The beautiful Aitcho Islands offer a colourful respite from the natural grey, white and blue of the Antarctic Peninsula The Aitcho Islands received their name in 1935 by the Discovery II expedition, in honour of the Admiralty's Hydrographic Officer ('HO').
		Deception Island is a testimony to the volcanic origin of the South Shetland Islands.
		Although most of the islands formed between 60 and 200 million years ago in a fury of volcanic eruptions and massive intrusions, Deception Island formed less than 5 million years ago as a result of the Bransfield Strait opening up.
	www.cybamuse.com /antarctica/shetlands.htm (450 words)

	South Shetland Islands
		However in the South Shetland Islands when we arrived it was not so cold.
		We've arrived at King George Island a part of the South Shetland Islands just off the coast of mainland Antarctica where many science bases are located.
		He wanted me to stay and visit the other camps; there are eight nations represented on this island, they were so nice to me, but those stupid tourists wanted to leave and go on, I asked about staying but they would not come back, so we left about 12:45.
	www.blessitt.com /journal/SouthShetlandIslands.html (545 words)

	Seismicity and tectonics of the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait from a regional broadband seismograph ...
		Seismicity and tectonics of the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait from a regional broadband seismograph deployment
		We investigate the tectonics of the South Shetland Trench and Bransfield Strait by performing a detailed study of local seismicity.
		The South Shetland trench thus represents an extreme end-member of hot subduction resulting from slow convergence of young lithosphere, and the absence of intermediate depth earthquakes is consistent with thermal assimilation of the slab at shallow depths.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2003/2003JB002416.shtml (427 words)

	ANTARCTICA, FALKLANDS, SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS
		This impressive group of islands, lying to the north and roughly parallel to the Antarctic Peninsula, is a haven for wildlife.
		A highlight of our visit to the South Shetlands will be sailing through a narrow passage into the flooded caldera of Deception Island.
		They visit the South Shetland Islands, the northern and western coasts of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.
	www.victory-cruises.com /antarctica_cruises.html (1748 words)

	Antarctica Travel Guide, Falkland Islands
		Like many islands the world over, the local availability of building materials dictates the character of the town and Stanley is first noted for the brightly painted corrugated iron roofs to most of the dwellings.
		The two main islands are roughly equal in size and make up almost the total land mass of the islands, others in the group are numerous but very small.
		The islands have a cold maritime climate with an average of 2.8° C (37° F) in the winter and 8.3° C (47° F) in the summer.
	www.coolantarctica.com /Travel/falkland_islands.htm (843 words)

	Antarctic Adventure \| antarctica \| shetland islands
		Then, among the South Shetland Islands, and on the continent itself, you visit penguin rookeries and seal colonies, inspired by the fascinating wildlife and the beauty of the Antarctic scenery.
		Livingston Island, observe Weddell seals, Elephant seals, skuas, giant petrels, terns and rookeries of Chinstrap, Gentoo and Macaroni penguins.
		Travel south to Paradise or Hope Bay to see dramatic scenery; Growler icebergs, which calve from glaciers erode into natural ice sculptures, while sheer sided flat-topped tabular bergs break from thick ice shelves are numbing in scale.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/6444.html (515 words)

	Antarctic cruise. Antarctic & South Shetland Islands cruise. World's best responsible & ecotourism holidays
		Drake Passage and South Shetland IslandsWandering Albatross, Storm Petrels and other seabirds accompany the ship as you sail south across this famous passage named after Sir Francis Drake, the 16th-century English navigator.
		In 1819 the British explorer William Smith described the South Shetland Islands as "barren and covered with snow, with seals in abundance".
		Deception Island is still considered an active volcano and sailing through the narrow passage into its huge, flooded caldera is a thrilling experience.
	www.responsibletravel.com /Trip/Trip100604.htm (924 words)

	SHETLAND
		Jobs at the whaling were many and varied depending on whether you were on the Island of South Georgia itself or a floating factory ship or a whalecatcher perhaps in sight of the coast of Antarctica at times.
		There were dangers in all aspects of the job and sadly some men never returned but, for most of those who did, whaling holds a special place in their memories.
		The book is a collection of anecdotes from some of the men who were whalers, some of them from before World War II and gives the reader a unique insight into what it was like to be a whaler in that far Southern Ocean amid icebergs, gales and fog all those years ago.
	www.shetlandswhalers.ukfsn.org /index.htm (476 words)

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