S.Atlantic : Sartma Daily (31/10/05)
Submitted by SARTMA.com (Juanita Brock) 31.10.2005 (Article Archived on 14.11.2005)
A brief run-down of South Atlantic news.
SARTMA DAILY (31/10/05)
Compiled by J. Brock (FINN)
CONTENTS:
Section 1: Article by FINN
Tourism Info
Section 2: Business News from Tristan da Cunha
Business news from St. Helena
Section 3: Relevant Internet News (HMS Endurance)
Section 4: Announcements
Section 5: Manifesto (Stanley)
INQUEST TO OPEN INTO NAVAL RATING’S DEATH
By J. Brock (FINN)
An inquest into the death of a man who died as a result of a vehicle accident on the Mare Harbour Road on the 29th of October 2005 will take place at 0815 hrs on Tuesday, 01 November 2005 in the court and Council Chamber of the Town Hall in Stanley.
It is expected that the inquest will deal with the formal identification of the man's body and then adjourn to a time to be fixed for a post mortem report on the medical cause of his death. According to a notice from the Coroner’s Court, the post mortem examination will be carried out by a visiting pathologist.
According to a press release from Headquarters British Forces South Atlantic Islands, the man was involved in a vehicle accident with five other Naval Personnel. One person remains in a serious condition in hospital, three received minor injuries and, after examination, two were unhurt. It went on to say that all families and next of kin have now been informed of the road traffic accident and the sympathies of the Royal Navy are with the family and friends of the deceased and those injured at this difficult time
The Royal Falkland Islands Police are investigating the accident.
“This unfortunate accident has lead to the death of one naval personnel and injuries to a number of others. We deeply regret this sad loss of life and our sympathies and condolences go out to the families of all those involved,” said the Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Commodore Ian Moncrieff RN.
TOURISM INFO
The Alexander von Humboldt will be calling in to Stanley on the 2nd November
2005. She will be anchored in Port William, ETA 0800hrs ETD 1200hrs. There
are 261 passengers on board.
The Professor Multanovskiy will call in to Stanley on Saturday 5th November
2005. She will be at FIPASS. 55 passengers will be flying in to MPC via
LAN. We envisage the passengers to be in Stanley approximately
1530hrs-1600hrs. They will visit the Museum and have time to wander before
returning to the ship 1830hrs from the Jetty Visitors Centre.
On another note, I will be out of the Islands on business 5th November - 12
November 2005. I am pleased to say that we have Ms Sammy Marsh who will be
working with our team throughout the month of November as part of her
management training scheme with FIG. Sammy will be dealing with all
business during my absence. She can be contacted on
sulivantravel@horizon.co.fk and telephone 22626.
Debbie Summers
Tourism Development Manager
Sulivan Shipping Services Limited
Stanley
Falkland Islands FIQQ 1ZZ
http://www.sulivanshipping.com
Section 2:
BUSINESS NEWS FROM TRISTAN DA CUNHA
SEND CHRISTMAS PACKAGES NOW FOR TRISTAN
By James Glass (Tristan Times)
The next vessel to depart Capetown with mail and cargo will be the fishing vessel Edinburgh on the 2nd November. The last vessel to depart Capetown in this year 2005 will be the Kelso on the 24th November, so post your Christmas mail now, if you want it to catch the vessel.
And, while you are thinking about it, why not order a Christmas painting from Jimmy Rogers for that person in your family who is missing home. Jimmy Rogers’ paintings, framed or unframed (suggested) can be shipped to you from the Falklands. The oil painting shown in the photo unframed is £115.00. With the frame it is £152.50. Shipping costs are separate but will be included in the invoice. You will receive an invoice and instructions to pay via e-mail upon your order.
TRISTAN: SHIPPING NEWS
By James Glass (Tristan Times)
The Fishing vessel Espardarte arrived at Tristan on Thursday last week but bad weather and poor harbour conditions prevented the vessel from getting her cargo ashore, so she was unable to go to the fishing grounds. This only happened on Saturday although harbour conditions were still not good and the boat had to wait several minutes before making a dash out of the harbour and the same on the return.
Only one barge went out to collect the 11 bags of mail, medical supplies and packages.
POOR WEATHER AFFECTS TRISTAN FISHING DAYS
By James Glass (Tristan Times)
Due to the extremely poor weather conditions around Tristan da Cunha, there have only been twelve fishing days since the season opened on 01 July 2005.
The ladies processing strike also affected the amount of processed seafood that came out of the factory on Tristan. However, 100 tonnes of the quota allotted to Tristan fishermen still remain to be fished.
St. Helena: Press Notice
Governor Clancy will depart St Helena on 19 November and will return to the Island on 13 January 2006 after attending meetings with stakeholders on Ascension and having overseas Christmas leave.
Governor Clancy needs to attend meetings with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other stakeholders on Ascension, and this will involve him leaving St Helena on 19 November. A Deputy to Governor will be appointed but Governor Clancy will deal with St Helena business including the chairing of the Executive Council (by video link) until he takes some overseas Christmas leave beginning on 17 December. As well as participating in meetings the Governor will be able to meet for the first time and work with Michael Hill, the recently appointed Ascension Island Administrator.
The Governor has planned his leave broadly to coincide with the block leave period on St Helena and he returns to Ascension and St Helena on 6 and 13 January respectively.
Governor Clancy will leave St Helena again on 20 January on an official visit to Tristan da Cunha and will return to the Island on 1 March 2006 along with the First Lady, Mrs Claire Clancy.
Public Relations/Information Office
Office of the Chief Secretary
31 October 2005
RELEVANT INTERNET NEWS
Royal Navy: 31 Oct 2005
Endurance to help scientists study the retreating ice
Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance leaves Portsmouth today for her annual six-month deployment better equipped than ever – and she will carry out, among other things, work that will help scientists study the impact of the Antarctic’s melting ice cap.
Endurance is regarded by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) as vital to south polar environmental research. Her Commanding Officer, Captain Nick Lambert, describes the Antarctic as “the massive engine of the world’s atmosphere” as its ice affects the Gulf Stream, and its winds having an impact on the environment of the whole Globe.
Results from the BAS and US Geological Survey published in the journal Science show that over the past 50 years 87 per cent of the 244 glaciers studied have retreated and that average rates of shrinkage have accelerated, with scientists linking the changes to global warming.
Supporting scientific research in the British Antarctic Territories – an area the size of Western Europe – is one of Endurance’s main tasks. According to the BAS’s Operations Manager, Mike Dinn, his institution, which studies all aspects of the region’s environment, is heavily dependent on the ship’s support during each research season in the Antarctic summer.
Vital elements that Endurance provides are her two Lynx helicopters which can reach parts of the continent that the BAS’s two ships and fixed-wing aircraft cannot. In addition they provide the only rapid lift facilities for supplies, being able if necessary to transfer in one day up to 200 drums of fuel – essential to survival in summer temperatures that plummet to as low as minus 30C.
But that work, important as it is to aid our knowledge of the enigmatic continent and its effect on the world’s environment, is only a part of what Endurance – nicknamed The Red Plum from the colour of her hull – brings to a frozen world the size of the USA.
Antarctica is becoming increasingly popular with cruise liners, many of them sailing in uncharted waters: during her last season, Endurance encountered more than 70 merchant vessels in the icy wastes.
Her survey work which produces data to update British and international charts, is making Antarctic waters safer for tourists and scientists alike. And this year she is better equipped than ever to do so: for the first time on this deployment she will bring into play a new, updated multi-beam sonar – a version specially tailored to meet the challenges of the area – which will provide a more accurate picture of the ocean floor to a greater depth.
She will also collect data ashore to provide ‘tourist site guidelines’, which will give advice on the ten specific sites where tourists may be landed. The UK has been nominated as the focal point of the initiative, run in conjunction with the International Association of Tourist Operators.
The region’s heritage is also her concern: this year she will help wreck archaeologist David Mearns, whose organisation Blue Water Recoveries found sunken German battleship Bismarck and her opponent HMS Hood which were sent to the bottom during an epic sea battle in 1941. This time he is searching for the Swedish polar exploration ship Antarctic, and in the following season he plans to scour the Weddell Sea for her more famous contemporary – explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, crushed by the ice in 1915.
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Section 4:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Stanley Services Ltd. Wish to inform customers that the price of diesel will CHANGE with effect on all deliveries commencing Tuesday, 01 November 2005. The new price will be Diesel, .42p per litre. The price of kero, petrol and propane gas remain unchanged.
Cable & Wireless would like to inform customers that due to a new numbering range required for their GSM Mobile Service, the numbers to call Saddle Computers help line will change to 48001 and the mail collection announcement line will change to 49001. Until the 1st of December if you ring the old numbers, your call will be diverted to the new number. But after that date all calls must be made on the new numbers. This is an essential change to enable the new GSM Mobile numbering range to work.
The Stanley Leisure Centre would like to remind customers that the closing date for the holiday programme competition logo is this Friday. Spare entry forms are available from Reception.
Section 5:
ELECTION MANIFESTO
DR. ANDREA CLAUSEN
I am standing for election to Legislative Council because as a young married mother I feel strongly and passionately that the young are under-represented in our community. The young, especially working parents, are making a life-long contribution to our economy and our nation. They deserve better representation.
I am educated to doctorate level, and have the intellectual and organisational skills necessary to actively contribute to political and economic management decision-making. While I have no “hands-on” political experience, my vocational background places me in good stead to accept the challenges and strife of political life. I am committed to serve your interests be that the requirement at home or overseas. I will strive for an economically sustainable future, while rejecting completely all Argentina’s political desires.
As a young mother, I shall promote enhanced understandings of family and childcare matters. A flexible approach to the employment of parents of young children is needed. Our present and future economy relies heavily on the ability of parents to work. Beneficial support for young families is long overdue.
I will promote the continuation of priority financial commitments to Education and Health. Funding and resources, injects good health into the veins of our future and our nation. We are vulnerable to shortages of skilled artisans, plumbers, engineers, carpenters and others. I will inject emphasis of direction and funding to reverse current trends.
The environment in which we live, and that which surrounds us, sustains our economy, and provides for our future. Its renewable and non-renewable resources must be used in a sustainable way, so that future generations can continue to enjoy what we currently do.
An enhanced tourism industry is essential, as is the protection and management of our wildlife, and the designation of National Nature Reserves in support of tourism.
A priority task is an alternative site for waste landfill and a proper system of refuse management. The re-routing of all sewage from Stanley Harbour must continue to be a priority until completed.
I support the principles of Islands Plan and good economic planning. Day-to-day financial stewardship is required of all public officers. Increasing consolidated fund reserves is a priority. Improved efficiency is required to ensure operating costs are maintained at an affordable level.
Immigration processes are complicated and often questionable. Strict criteria with easy to follow guidelines are essential for prospective immigrants, employers and employees. Immigrants should submit to a robust, but fair and transparent points system. Good immigrants become good future citizens
I promise to robustly defend and promote the right of self determination of the people of the Falkland Islands at all times. We need to be more active internationally where others wish us ill. The Constitutional Review is already 7-years in the making, a speedy conclusion is required. A unified approach to economic and political decision making, with a robust yet respectful “Executive”, is required, but always subject to two fundamental principles of accountability and transparency. No Councillor should be above reproach. I promise to work for the benefit of all.
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