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Tag Archives: Nightingale Island
Shipwreck lifeboat drifts from Tristan da Cunha to Australia
A battered lifeboat has washed up on a beach in South Australia, nearly two years after drifting away from the wreck of the MS Oliva near Tristan da Cunha. It floated about 5,000 miles from Nightingale Island, where the ship … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, drifted, lifeboat, MS Oliva, Nightingale Island, shipwreck, Tristan da Cunha
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Revealed: blunders that caused Tristan da Cunha wreck disaster
Last year’s shipwreck disaster on Tristan da Cunha was caused by a drowsy officer who thought Nightingale Island was a rain cloud, an investigation has revealed. The chief mate of the MS Oliva failed to change course when Tristan’s sister island showed up … Continue reading
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Tagged MS Oliva, Nightingale Island, oil, rockhopper penguins, shipping, shipwreck, Tristan da Cunha
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Tristan shipwreck disaster report due ‘shortly’
A report on the cause of the shipwreck that sparked an environmental disaster for Tristan da Cunha is expected shortly, according to a senior official of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. St Helena Online had received a complaint about … Continue reading
How photo-blogger told America about island oil disaster
Photographer Andrew Evans arrived on the world’s most remote inhabited island just days after the bulk carrier MS Oliva was shipwrecked, creating an environmental disaster. The ship releasing an oil slick that was to kill hundreds of endangered rockhopper penguins … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News, Shipping, Tristan da Cunha
Tagged andrew evans, British overseas territories, digital nomad, Inaccessible Island, islands, lobster, MS Oliva, National Geographic, Nightingale Island, oil, rockhopper penguins, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, South Atlantic, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, UK Overseas Territories, youtube
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Tristan penguin rescuers triumph – maybe
Efforts by the people of Tristan da Cunha to rescue birds in last year’s oil spill disaster appear to have been a great success, against enormous odds. A count appears to show little impact on breeding among the island’s endangered rockhopper penguin colonies … Continue reading
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