Falklands penguins in HD
Videos from a couple of weeks that I spent in remote parts of the Falkland Islands.
Bits of this that I particularly like:
00:32 a penguin falls over
01:35 penguin tests the water, decides it's too cold and runs away
01:57 you know it's cold when even the penguins are shivering
04:00 king penguin babies are really, really ugly.
04:21 small penguin fight
05:17 penguins getting curious enough to approach to within an arms length or two
05:38 penguins amid awesome scenery
06:07 spectacular leaping as a large group comes in to the beach
06:36 woah, what a leap!
07:25 loads of awesome jumping out of the waves
07:52 penguin in the background surfing inside a wave
08:30 penguins running away from a sheep
09:20 penguin doesn't like the look of me, runs away
10:32 amazing views of how they fly underwater
12:25 curious penguins coming really close!
13:03 rush hour traffic on the gentoo highway
The footage is from time spent on Saunders Island, Elephant Beach Farm and Bleaker Island. The music is Truenorth by Blackfield, which seemed to go well with the bleak scenery.
West Point & Carcass Islands & Long Island Farm, Falklands- Oct 2017
As my journey on the National geographic Explorer ship begins, we make our first stops in the Falklands at West Point and Carcass islands. The next day, after we stop in Stanley, we visit a working farm and see some peat being cut, sheep dog rounding, sheep shearing, and tea and snacks at the farmhouse by a peat burning stove.
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Native Plant Restoration at Cape Dolphin
Ben Berntsen, of Elephant Beach Farm and Cape Dolphin, tells FITV about the important habitat restoration work he is undertaking on the farms that he manages here on East Falkland.
You can find out more about plant restoration work by checking out the Falkland Conservation website, starting with this like that also looks at the work Ben has been doing at Cape Dolphin.
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Stanley to EBF in 5(ish) Minutes - Falkland Islands
Sporting sunglasses, the actual journey took around an hour and fifty minutes, half an hour longer than usual as the potholes and mud deserve some common sense driving skills at this time of year.
History of the Falkland Islands | Wikipedia audio article
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The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century. Nonetheless, the islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by the French, British, Spaniards and Argentines at various points.
The islands were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans. France established a colony on the islands in 1764. In 1765, a British captain claimed the islands for Britain. In early 1770 a Spanish commander arrived from Argentina with five ships and 1400 soldiers forcing the British to leave Port Egmont. Britain and Spain almost went to war over the islands, but the British government decided that it should withdraw its presence from many overseas settlements in 1774. Spain, which had a garrison at Puerto Soledad on East Falklands, administered the garrison from Montevideo until 1811 when it was compelled to withdraw by pressures resulting from the Peninsular War. In 1833, the British returned to the Falkland Islands. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that forced the Argentines to surrender.
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The Falkland Islands (; Spanish: Islas Malvinas, pronounced [ˈislas malˈβinas]) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 miles (483 kilometres) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of 4,700 square miles (12,000 square kilometres), comprises East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The Falkland Islands' capital is Stanley on East Falkland.
Controversy exists over the Falklands' discovery and subsequent colonisation by Europeans. At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, although Argentina maintains its claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine forces temporarily occupied the islands. British administration was restored two months later at the end of the Falklands War. Most Falklanders favour the archipelago remaining a UK overseas territory, but its sovereignty status is part of an ongoing dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.
The population (3,398 inhabitants in 2016) primarily consists of native-born Falkland Islanders, the majority of British descent. Other ethnicities include French, Gibraltarian and Scandinavian. Immigration from the United Kingdom, the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, and Chile has reversed a population decline. The predominant (and official) language is English. Under the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983, Falkland Islanders are British citizens.
The islands lie on the boundary of the subantarctic oceanic and tundra climate zones, and both major islands have mountain ranges reaching 2,300 feet (700 m). They are home to large bird populations, although many no longer breed on the main islands because of competition from introduced species. Major economic activities include fishing, tourism and sheep farming, with an emphasis on high-quality wool exports. Oil exploration, licensed by the Falkland Islands Government, remains controversial as a result of maritime disputes with Argentina.
A close-up view of Shags and Rockhopper Penguins with their chicks on a windy clifftop
The Imperial Cormorant or Shag (Leucocarbo atriceps albiventer) on the Falkland Islands is part of a complex of related cormorants found on southern South America, the Antarctic Peninsula and on several subantarctic islands. On the Falklands these birds nest in large mixed rookeries close to the ocean, particularly with Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome). Shag nests are a cone of seaweed and other plant material cemented with mud and excreta, and between one and three chicks are raised. The adult Shags commute to sea each day, often fishing together in large flocks. The mixed rookeries are very busy and noisy, with adult birds coming and going, feeding chicks and squabbling with each other over pieces of nesting material. This breeding colony is on the clifftop at Cape Bougainville on East Falkland. There is much activity as the adult Shags incubate eggs, rear and shelter their chicks from the incessant summer wind, and fly to and fro from the sea. The colony is noisy and very smelly from the droppings from so many birds crowding together. The Shag and Rockhopper Penguin nests are just out of pecking range from each other. Both species of birds were tending their large chicks – sheltering them from the strong wind, preening them and resisting them begging for food. Baby Rockhopper Penguins huddled between the Shag nests, waiting for their parents to return from the sea with food.
FALK18 7 Shags and Rockhopper Penguins tending their chicks
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Maritime history of the United Kingdom | Wikipedia audio article
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Maritime history of the United Kingdom
00:00:47 1 Chronology
00:00:56 1.1 Eighteenth century
00:01:51 1.2 Nineteenth century
00:03:26 1.3 Twentieth century
00:05:24 1.4 Twenty-first century
00:05:44 2 Royal Navy
00:05:53 2.1 Eighteenth-century navy
00:06:46 2.2 Nineteenth-century navy
00:07:57 2.3 Twentieth-century navy
00:12:01 2.4 The Navy Board
00:12:26 2.5 Ministry of Defence
00:12:44 2.6 Notable wars
00:12:53 2.6.1 American Wars
00:13:28 2.6.2 French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars
00:14:06 2.6.3 Maritime events of World War I
00:17:27 2.6.4 Maritime events of World War II
00:22:39 2.6.5 Post War Operations
00:24:30 3 Notable individuals
00:24:39 3.1 Charles Hardy
00:25:11 3.2 Augustus Keppel
00:26:35 3.3 Edward Hawke
00:26:59 3.4 Richard Howe
00:27:37 3.5 Horatio Nelson
00:29:30 3.6 Hyde Parker
00:30:23 3.7 Edward Pellew
00:30:55 3.8 James Saumarez
00:31:41 3.9 William Dampier
00:32:18 3.10 James Cook
00:33:49 3.11 George Vancouver
00:34:23 3.12 Admiral Anson
00:34:49 3.13 Sir John Franklin
00:35:51 3.14 James Clarke Ross
00:36:12 3.15 Robert Scott
00:36:32 3.16 Ernest Shackleton
00:37:10 4 Shipbuilding
00:38:36 5 Famous ships
00:38:45 5.1 iCutty Sark/i
00:39:40 5.2 iEndeavour/i
00:40:45 5.3 iGreat Britain/i
00:41:20 5.4 iGreat Eastern/i
00:42:33 5.5 iTitanic/i
00:43:52 5.6 iQueen Mary/i
00:44:29 5.7 iBritannia/i
00:45:11 5.8 iVictory/i
00:46:07 5.9 iWarrior/i
00:46:50 5.10 iBelfast/i
00:47:43 6 Navigation
00:47:52 6.1 Instruments and guides
00:48:45 6.2 Lighthouses
00:49:27 6.3 Navigation marks
00:50:02 7 Safety and rescue
00:50:12 7.1 Plimsoll line
00:50:49 7.2 Lifeboats
00:51:51 7.3 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
00:52:20 8 Ports and harbours
00:54:26 9 Trade
00:54:34 9.1 Goods
00:57:44 9.2 Passenger liners
00:58:27 9.3 Emigration/deportation
00:59:03 10 Ferries and cruise boats
01:00:07 11 Customs men and smugglers
01:01:22 12 Fishing
01:03:55 13 Energy
01:04:03 13.1 Gas and oil
01:04:59 13.2 Oil spills
01:06:21 13.3 Offshore wind farms
01:06:56 14 Coast
01:08:11 15 Leisure activities
01:08:20 15.1 Resorts
01:09:00 15.2 Rowing, yachting and power boats
01:11:35 15.3 Marinas
01:11:57 16 Marine science
01:12:07 16.1 Hydrographics
01:12:54 16.2 Oceanography
01:14:17 17 Maritime studies
01:14:26 17.1 Colleges
01:15:01 17.2 Admiralty law
01:15:45 18 Law of the sea
01:16:11 18.1 Ship design
01:16:51 19 Maritime museums
01:17:23 19.1 Maritime archaeology
01:18:02 20 Maritime subjects in the Arts
01:18:12 20.1 Art
01:18:44 20.2 Literature
01:20:01 20.3 Music
01:20:16 21 See also
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The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain as a united, sovereign state, on 1 May 1707 in accordance with the Treaty of Union, signed on 22 July 1706. Until the advent of air transport and the creation of the Channel Tunnel, marine transport was the only way of reaching the British Isles. For this reason, maritime trade and naval power have always had great importance.
Prior to the Acts of Union, 1707, the maritime history of the British Isles was largely dominated by that of England. (See Maritime history of England for more details.)