The first time I read the Kerguelen name was in the book The Sphinx of the Ice Fields, by Jules Verne. Time later I found it again in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe (the stories are related).
In both stories the distance, the isolation, and the events that take place make these islands to look remote (in fact they are) and give them an aura of mystery and exoticism. So they are ideal to launch the blog :-).
The Kerguelen Islands lie in the Indian Ocean, about 5000 km. southeast of Cape Town and about 2000 km. north of the coast of Antarctica.
The islands belong to France and are part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF). They have no native population, but a staff of 50 to 100 scientists live there conducting various types of research.
In both stories the distance, the isolation, and the events that take place make these islands to look remote (in fact they are) and give them an aura of mystery and exoticism. So they are ideal to launch the blog :-).
The Kerguelen Islands lie in the Indian Ocean, about 5000 km. southeast of Cape Town and about 2000 km. north of the coast of Antarctica.
The islands belong to France and are part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF). They have no native population, but a staff of 50 to 100 scientists live there conducting various types of research.