St. Helena - a remote island in the Atlantic | (Travel Documentary) DW Documentary
Every third week, a British Royal Mail ship begins its journey from Cape Town to Saint Helena, the remote island in the Atlantic where Napoleon was once in exile.
It’s like the end of the world in the middle of the Atlantic. Five days, with a northwesterly course, and only then do the sheer black cliffs appear in front of RMS St. Helena. The island’s 4500 residents are often waiting impatiently for the ship’s arrival and panic if the schedule changes. Director Thomas Denzel and his team went on the journey to Saint Helena and met the people living on the island. Many of the residents are descendants of people who were sent into exile there by the British crown - the most famous among them, the French Emperor Napoleon. This is a report about life at the end of the world, loneliness, unique vegetation, and a very special journey.
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St. Helena island, part of the British Overseas Territory also encompassing Ascension and Tristan da Cunha islands, is a remote volcanic outpost in the South Atlantic Ocean. It's famous as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and death, as commemorated by a now-empty tomb. Climbing destinations include the 699 steps of Jacob's Ladder and Diana's Peak, sheltering endemic plant and animal life.
When to visit:
Travellers often visit Jan–Mar, the warmest part of the year. The rest of the year is also generally warm, although nights can be cool Jun–Aug, especially inland. Rainy season is Apr–May and Jul–Sep. There are civic and patriotic celebrations on St. Helena Day (May 21), which commemorate the founding of the island community in 1502.
Things to do:
1. Longwood House is a mansion in St. Helena and the final residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, during his exile on the island of Saint Helena, from 10 December 1815 until his death on 5 May 1821. It lies on a windswept plain some 6 km from Jamestown.
2. Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa. St Helena has a land area of 122 square kilometres and is part of the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
3. Jacob's Ladder is a Grade I-listed staircase leading from Jamestown, Saint Helena, up the side of Ladder Hill to Ladder Hill Fort. The ladder is all that remains of an cable railway which was built there in the early 1800s.
4. Diana's Peak is the highest point, at 818 metres, on the island of Saint Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is of volcanic origin. Mountain and its surroundings with a total area of 81 ha were proclaimed a national park in March 1996, the first on the island.
5. Plantation House is the official residence of the Governor of Saint Helena. It is located 3.6 km to the south of the capital, Jamestown, on the island of Saint Helena.
6. The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean. The museum is managed by the Saint Helena Heritage Society.
7. Jacobs Ladder - 699 Step Climb
8. Heart Shaped Waterfall
9. High Knoll Fort is a redoubt-style fort of the English East India Company on Saint Helena, an island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. High Knoll is 584 metres above sea level and is approximately one mile south of historic Lower Jamestown.
10. Boer Cemetery
11. Sandy Bay is one of eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. Located on the island's southeastern coast, it is sparsely populated and is a popular recreation site.
12. Longwood House (St Helena Island)
13. Sandy Bay Beach Fort
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ISLAND OF SAINT HELENA 1962
Charles Frater, Bob Johnston and Esdon Frost went to Saint Helena to make a film in 1962 when they heard that the regular Union Castle sailings were going to be curtailed. There was, at the time, no formal film and the result was a snapshot of the island in January 1962 when the Friendly Benefit Societies still functioned and had their annual marches, the flax industry was still going and the people fiercely loyal. The main sources of income was work in the flax mills, government subsidy and the savings sent to families by their relatives who had emigrated. Life was hard, but there was a vivid and lively spirit amongst the islanders who bore their hardships with humour and great strength. The film shows a tremendous amount about life in the island at that time.
Restoring Napoleon's home in exile
(6 Apr 2012) AP Television
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
1. Tilt up painting of Napoleon
Saint Helena island - 23 February, 2012
2. Wide pan left of St Helena Island
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
3. Wide of Longwood House
4. Wide of museum curator walking towards Longwood House
5. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator, Longwood House
There is metal in the floor, metal in the wall, so all of this needs to be restored. We will restore the flooring, the walls and roof.
6. Tracking shot Dancoisne-Martineau walks through Longwood House
7. Wide of the dining room of Longwood House
8. Close of painting of Napoleon reading to a member of his entourage
9. Close tilt up a statue of Napoleon Bonaparte
10. Close of painting of Napoleon and his entourage at the dining room table
11. Close detail of Napoleon at the dining room table
Saint Helena island - 25 February, 2012
12. Close tilt down from Georgie Thomas to a dehumidifier
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Georgie Thomas, maintenance worker:
It actually absorbs all the dampness that's in the air here, and it collects it inside this little tray here.
14. Close of water that has collected in the dehumidifier
UPSOUND: (English) Georgie Thomas, maintenance worker:
But in the very dry periods we don't have to use those, you know.
15. Close of a painting of Napoleon reading
16. Wide pan left of Georgie Thomas carrying a bucket
17. Various of Georgie Thomas inspecting termites
18. Close of termites
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Georgie Thomas, maintenance worker:
This has probably been on the ground, for like, two weeks, and you can see actually how much damage it does. They're very destructive.
20. Mid of Georgie Thomas carrying termite chemicals
UPSOUND: (English) Georgie Thomas, Maintenance worker:
Now you see this is what we use for control of these termites.
21. Close of chemicals being injected into the floor
UPSOUND: (English) Georgie Thomas, Maintenance worker:
So as you can see we've got these small holes drilled and this is how we apply it. A little drop in each one.
Saint Helena island - 26 February, 2012
22. Pan of Dancoisne-Martineau walking outside Longwood House
23. Focus pull between flowers and French Flag
24. Pull to billiards room at Longwood House
25. Close of painting of Napoleon
26. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator, Longwood House
In fact it's a man who held onto his past, which included his title of Emperor of the French. On the other hand the British recognised him as General Bonaparte only. There was no compromise on either side of this, so this house was the only way for Napoleon to escape this conflict of interests.
27. Mid of the peepholes in the shutters
28. Close looking through the peepholes
29. Wide of the death room at Longwood House
30. Close of Napoleon's death mask
31. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator, Longwood House
We're about to restore the carpet, according to samples of the original carpet, the cornice, and the wallpaper.
32. Tilt up of painting of Napoleon
33. Close of portrait of Napoleon
34. Mid of Dancoisne-Martineau sorting through some Napoleonic papers
35. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, curator of Longwood House
No two visitors come to Saint Helena for the same reason. They all come with a pre-conceived idea about what they want to find.
36. Mid of visitor Phillipe Bernardini looking at paintings
37. SOUNDBITE: (French) Phillipe Bernardini, visitor:
Saint Helena is proof of English dishonour. They didn't keep their word. They left Napoleon to die in the middle of the Atlantic on a volcano without anything.
38. Close of visitor Simon Green pan right to Longwood House
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St. Helena an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, almost 1,200 miles from the coast of Africa and even farther from Brazil.
Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast. The territory also includes the remotest populated archipelago on Earth, the sparsely populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago, some 3,730 kilometres (2,300 mi) to the south (about thirty degrees of latitude) and about halfway to the Antarctic Circle.
The island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, Ascension Day, and is located at 7°56′S 14°22′W, about as far south of the equator as tropical Venezuela is to its north. Historically, it has played a role as an important safe haven and coaling station to mariners and for commercial airliners during the days of international air travel by flying boats and during World War II was an important naval and air station, especially providing antisubmarine warfare bases in the Battle of the Atlantic and throughout the war. Ascension Island was garrisoned by the British Admiralty from 22 October 1815 to 1922.
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Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56' south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of Brazil. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast. The territory also includes the sparsely-populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago, some 3,730 kilometres (2,300 mi) to the south, about halfway to the Antarctic Circle.
The island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, Ascension Day. It was an important safe haven and coaling station to mariners and for commercial airliners during the days of international air travel by flying boats. During World War II it was an important naval and air station, especially providing antisubmarine warfare bases in the Battle of the Atlantic. Ascension Island was garrisoned by the British Admiralty from 22 October 1815 to 1922.
The island is the location of RAF Ascension Island, which is a Royal Air Force station, a European Space Agency rocket tracking station, an Anglo-American signals intelligence facility and the BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station. The island was used extensively as a staging point by the British military during the Falklands War. Ascension Island hosts one of four ground antennas (others are on Kwajalein Island, Diego Garcia, and Cape Canaveral) that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational system. NASA operates a Meter Class Autonomous Telescope (MCAT) on Ascension Island for tracking orbital debris, which is potentially hazardous to operating spacecraft and astronauts, at a facility called the John Africano NASA/AFRL Orbital Debris Observatory.
Ascension Island | Wikipedia audio article
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Ascension Island
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56' south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of Brazil. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast. The territory also includes the sparsely-populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago, some 3,730 kilometres (2,300 mi) to the south, about halfway to the Antarctic Circle.
The island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, Ascension Day. It played a role as an important safe haven and coaling station to mariners and for commercial airliners during the days of international air travel by flying boats. During World War II it was an important naval and air station, especially providing antisubmarine warfare bases in the Battle of the Atlantic. Ascension Island was garrisoned by the British Admiralty from 22 October 1815 to 1922.
The island is the location of RAF Ascension Island, which is a Royal Air Force station, a European Space Agency rocket tracking station, an Anglo-American signals intelligence facility and the BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station. The island was used extensively as a staging point by the British military during the Falklands War. Ascension Island hosts one of four ground antennas (others are on Kwajalein Island, Diego Garcia, and Cape Canaveral) that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational system. NASA operates a Meter Class Autonomous Telescope (MCAT) on Ascension Island for tracking orbital debris, which is potentially hazardous to operating spacecraft and astronauts, at a facility called the John Africano NASA/AFRL Orbital Debris Observatory.