The Kerguelen Islands | France's Antarctic Archipelago

The Kerguelen Islands, also known as The Desolation Islands are an incredibly interesting archipelago. Discovered quite recently in human history, this previously uninhabited group of islands exists as a nature reserve manned by teams of scientists who rotate twice a year. It's not quite the Antarctic, and it's not quite France, it's the Kerguelen Islands. Well that was a doozy. I need to lie down for a bit. Note: Instead of "ancestors of ship cats" I meant to say "descendants of ship cats" but unless you're a swathy homunculean creature of some sort or variety then you could tell what I meant. -Chapters: Intro (00:00) What are the Kerguelen Islands? (01:39) Why are they French? (05:43) The Islands Today (09:32) Outro (11:12) -Sources: Music (in order) Sarabande de la Suite No. 11 - George Frideric Handel/Haendel Just As Soon by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Promoted by MrSnooze    • Film Noir Background Music for Videos I No...   License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5 No. 53 in D (The Lark) - FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN –    • Haydn's String Quartet No. 53 in D (The La...   Romantic by Bensound https://www.bensound.com/ Promoted by MrSnooze    • Elevator Music I Muzak & Lift Music I No C...   Creative Commons — CC BY 4.0 https://goo.gl/9ezBZw Information (not in order) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerguel... Discover France https://www.discoverfrance.net/Coloni... de, Kerguelen-Trémarec, Yves-Joseph. Voyages Dans les Mers du Nord, Australes et des Indes : Carnet de Bord, CLAAE, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central, Encyclopedia Brittanica https://www.britannica.com/place/Kerg... Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_v... Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island, Captain Cook’s third voyage https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/ch... Wikivoyage https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kergue.... Science Direct https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Geographicus https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&C... Australia Gov't https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1... French Ichthyological Society - Cybium https://sfi-cybium.fr/en/node/2922 Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CNES https://cnes.fr/en Berthier, Etienne & Bris, Raymond & Mabileau, Laure & Testut, L. & Rémy, Frédérique. (2009). Ice wastage on the Kerguelen Islands (49°S, 69°E) between 1963 and 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research. 114. 10.1029/2008JF001192. "Knock knock" "Who's there?" "The president" "The president who?" "The-what? The president of America" "America who?" "The country! Look, if you don't open this door, I'm kicking it down. You know JB doesn't f*ck around," "JB who?" "Freak you **.***!!!!!!"