“A few chickens have been killed and the dogs chased some cattle, which were grazing in the village,” Conrad Glass reports, describing a typical day in his job as the policeman of Tristan da Cunha. Investigating a complaint relayed by the village vet, the officer wrote that he was able… Continue reading…
A lot of Internet services today are based on “the cloud,” but on the island of Tristan da Cunha, due to slow Internet connection speed, the practice of medicine is based partly on the gut—the intuition of the island’s doctor. Dr. Gerard Bulger, the physician on Tristan da Cunha, has… Continue reading…
Fifty years ago, on October 8th, 1961, two months after the rumbling and shaking had started, a new volcanic cone shattered the earth only two hundred yards east of the settlement on Tristan da Cunha. This past week, the British media have been commemorating the eruption, and the evacuation of… Continue reading…
Last week, the Tristan da Cunha website revealed that Chief Islander Ian Lavarello, on behalf of the Tristan Island Council, had sent a letter on August 1st to the Norwegian Embassy in London expressing condolences for the mass murders in Norway on July 22. Mr. Lavarello’s letter, portions of which… Continue reading…
Last Thursday, the Marine Stewardship Council announced that the rock lobster fishery operation of Tristan da Cunha has been certified as sustainable and well-managed. During a ceremony in the Shoreline Café, at Cape Town’s popular Two Oceans Aquarium, the MSC gave its award to the Ovenstone Agency, the local firm… Continue reading…
The news about Tristan da Cunha last month was dire. A huge ship had crashed on a reef near Tristan, threatening not only thousands of sea birds but the economy and social traditions of the Tristan Islanders as well. On March 16th, the MV Oliva, a 75,000 ton bulk carrier… Continue reading…
The wreck of a bulk cargo ship, which ran aground on a small island near Tristan da Cunha two weeks ago, threatens the incredibly abundant bird life, the neighboring islands, and perhaps the economy of the people who live on Tristan. About 20,000 endangered Rockhopper Penguins are believed to be… Continue reading…
Chris Brown left Tristan da Cunha after a three-year stay, but he still thinks it is “a remarkable place with remarkable people…” If he could, he said, he’d like to go back. Father Brown was the Anglican priest at St. Mary’s Church on the island from 2007 until July 2010…. Continue reading…
The news on Tristan da Cunha, a peaceful community of less than 300 people, normally focuses on births, deaths, and weddings—and occasional changes in the local structures of authority. The island, which proudly bills itself as the world’s most isolated inhabited community, has no airport, so the arrival of ships… Continue reading…
Governor Andrew Gurr of St. Helena announced last week that Conrad Glass, police officer on Tristan da Cunha for 21 years, has been named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE). Mr. Gurr, the Governor of both St. Helena and Tristan, made the announcement at… Continue reading…
