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| | Ascension Island links - NASA (Apollo lunar moon), Ecology, Volcanoes, History and south atlantic links |
 | | Details of how U-boat U-156 was rescuing survivors from a "kill" when itself became a victim of a American B-24 Liberator bomber operating from the Ascension Island. | | | An account of the development of the Atlas ICBM in the late fifties, with a brief mention of Ascension as the east end of the Atlantic missile range. | | | Ted Collins describes how he set-up and ran a world beating Amateur radio station on the island, but starts off with some odd snippets of Ascension Island history. |
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http://www.websmith.demon.co.uk/AscensionIsland/links.htm
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| | Ascension Island - Nasa base for Apollo Moon Missions and much more ... |
| | The island had 4000 service men stationed there at its peak and these were mainly American. | | | Union Jacks and red post boxes can still be found in some of the most remote, inaccessible places on the planet - the far-flung islands still governed by Britain. | | | Find out more about Ascension from these other pages: |
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http://www.websmith.demon.co.uk/AscensionIsland
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| | Ascension Island |
| | Allen, W. Picturesque Views in the Island of Ascension. | | | By Napoleon's death in 1821 Ascension had become a victualling station and sanitarium for ships engaged in suppression of the slave trade from the West African coast. | | | A resident Administrator nominally governs Ascension, although in reality the island is run (and operating costs paid for) by its users. |
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http://geowww.ou.edu/~bweaver/Ascension/ai.htm
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| | Ascension Island Government |
| | Please wait a moment while you are re-directed to the Ascension Island Government web site. |
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| | The Island of St.Helena |
| | The slaves were brought back to St.Helena and freed, it is believed some 10,000 slaves passed through the island. | | | On arriving at St.Helena the lack of seabirds is noticeable compared with the teeming masses off Ascension Island. | | | Further prisoners from the Boer war arrived in 1900. |
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http://users.zetnet.co.uk/johnfirth/sthelena.html
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| | Ascension Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A large garbage dump, consisting mostly of rusting metal, remains from the World War II activity. | | | Wideawake is also used by the RAF as a bridge to the Falkland Islands. | | | Three RAF Harriers were based on the island to repel any possible Argentine attack (later replaced by Phantoms), and an RAF Vulcan bombers flew a long-range bombing attacks from the island against Argentinian forces in the Falklands during Operation Black Buck. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_Island
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| | Ground Truth: Ascension Island |
| | Situated approximately in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and over 700 miles from its nearest neighbour, Ascension Island was used extensively as a staging base during the Falklands War. | | | The island is governed by an Administrator who is responsible to the Governor of St Helena. | | | During the Second World War, the US Government established an airstrip which was lengthened and improved in the 1960s. |
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http://www.fas.org/irp/facility/ascension.htm
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| | Ascension Island, south Atlantic Ocean |
| | Ascension Island is a Holocene stratovolcano with no known historic eruptions. | | | For more great pictures and links to Ascension Island images, visit Olivier Staiger's web site. | | | The following photographs are of lava fields on Ascension. |
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http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/ascension.html
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| | BBC NEWS Scotland Far flung case for Scots advocate |
| | A Scottish advocate is to travel to a remote south Atlantic island to defend a youth charged with murder. | | | The former French emperor lived on the island after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. | | | A judge and prosecutor from England will also travel to the island for the trial, which is due to start on 25 May. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/scotland/4494437.stm
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| | Ascension |
| | One or two natural sources of water were found, one by Dampier in 1701 and named Dampier's Drip after him. | | | This is true for all but a quarter of the island. | | | A water supply was essential and two springs were found, one of which was Dampier's Drip. |
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http://users.zetnet.co.uk/johnfirth/ascension.html
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| | News from Ascension Island - The Islander Newspaper |
| | Following recent events where Ascension Islanders have been told that Island Status is not feasible, Ascension's Councillors have issued the following statement: [More... | | | I hope by now all of you who have an interest are aware of the parameters that have been set by the UK Government and recently delivered, in person, to the Ascension Island Council by officials of the [More... | | | News from Ascension Island - The Islander Newspaper |
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http://www.the-islander.org.ac
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| | The ZD8TC, Ascension Story |
| | Needless to say, Ascension Island has an extremely interesting history. | | | Selkirk had been marooned on Juan Fernandez Island from 1704 until he was rescued on the 31 | | | Dampier found the only water source on the island - a small spring - now called Dampier's Drip on Green Mountain. |
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http://www.uksmg.org/zd8tc.htm
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| | St. Helena Virtual Library and Archive |
| | Helena: A Physical, Historical, and Topographical Description of the Island, Including its Geology, Fauna, Flora, and Meteorology. | | | A New Mapp of the Island of Saint Hellena | | | Five Views of the Island of St. Helena, From Drawings Taken on the Spot: to which is Added a Concise Account of the Island. |
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| | TBS-The School |
| | You will be notified of any activities which your child my take part in. | | | Schooling started on Ascension Island when there were less than two hundred people living on the island. | | | The situation continued until 1956 when the United States of America established a space station on the island. |
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| | Ascension Island - information and photo reportage |
| | history, geography, weather, economy, politics, population, fauna, sooty tern, green turtle, flora, Ascension island diving, impressions, useful information, links. | | | It was, for some weeks during the spring season of 1982, in the spotlight of current events due to the determining role that it had played in the Falklands&; conflict. | | | This particular 35 square miles volcanic island, accommodating an American and a British military base, is gradually opening up to a selective kind of tourism. |
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http://www.mysterra.org/reportage/ascension_island.html
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| | Gill - Six Months in Ascension |
| | — Ascension theories about "Wide-awakes." — "The Fair." — Egg-gathering. | | | Gill, I. Six Months in Ascension: An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition. | | | OCR software was used to generate a text file which was carefully proof-read against the original. |
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| | Home - Ascension Conservation |
| | Welcome to the Ascension Island Conservation Web Site | | | This web site aims to inform the many friends of the Island around the world of what we are about and the work we are doing. | | | The Ascension Island Conservation organisation was set up in 2001 to protect and preserve the unique and wonderful natural and made made history of the Island. |
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| | Ascension Island Scout Group - Home Page |
| | ello and welcome to Ascension Island and the web site of the 1 | | | Ascension Island offers some exciting and unique Scouting experiences for our young people. | | | Select a link below to find out what we do |
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| | RAF Ascension Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | RAF Ascension Island was re-garrissoned by the RAF in 1982 and used extensively as a staging base during the Falklands War. | | | Ascension Island Base is a British airbase on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. | | | The first aircraft to land on Ascension Island was a Fairey Swordfish from HMS Archer in 1942. |
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http://www.netipedia.com/index.php/RAF_Ascension_Island
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| | BBC NEWS Science/Nature Oblivion threat to 12,000 species |
| | There and on the islands of the Galapagos archipelago, snails are under threat, from other snails or from aliens like goats, pigs and fire ants. | | | IUCN says island wildlife is being lost through the effects of invasive alien species, which have driven to extinction four plants from Ascension Island that were found nowhere else. | | | This year, IUCN has highlighted the problems faced by many island habitats which it claims face a bleak future. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3278179.stm
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| | Ascension, island. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The United States maintains missile, satellite tracking, and space research stations on the island. | | | The island served as a refueling base for British aircraft and ships during the Falkland Islands conflict between Britain and Argentina in 1982. | | | Ascension is volcanic and rocky with little vegetation, but it supports considerable livestock (rabbits, wild goats, and partridges), much of which was brought in by the nonindigenous population. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/as/AscensStH.html
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Saint Helena |
| | Ascension Island is the site of a US Air Force auxiliary airfield; Gough Island has a meteorological station. | | | Because there are few jobs, 25% of the work force has left to seek employment on Ascension Island, on the Falklands, and in the UK. | | | note: the other islands of the group have a volcanic origin |
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sh.html
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| | History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Ascension Island |
| | However the discovery was not publicised and it was Alfonso de Albuquerque, in charge of four vessels on their way to India, who rediscovered the island in 1503 and named it Ascension, after Ascension Day, the day on which it was sighted. | | | The complete text is available at the Ascension Island Heritage Society's website. | | | By the end of February 1900, the island was part of the network extending from Capetown to England. |
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http://www.atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Ascension
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| | Ascension Island |
| | In 1966 Ascension became famous as the site of a satellite earth station which was installed as part of the Apollo project. | | | IN 1922 THE British Naval garrison withdrew from Ascension and the Island came under the control of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | | | It first came into British possession in 1815 when it was claimed in the name of King George III to prevent the French from using it as a base from which to recapture Napoleon who was in exile on St Helena. |
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http://www.cwhistory.com/history/html/Ascension.html
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| | Cayman Turtle Farm - Scientific Papers - The Green Sea Turtle Nesting on Ascension Island |
| | Notation of scutes used in work on Ascension Island. | | | There are no coral formations or lagoons and no turtle grass, but the island has long been famous for its nesting turtles (Hart-Davis, 1972) which leave their feeding grounds off Brazil to nest on the beaches of Ascension Island. | | | Hart-Davis, D. Ascension: The story of a South Atlantic Island. |
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| | Ascension island - Fauna - information & pictures |
| | Donkeys were also brought into the island as means of transport for carrying water and construction materials. | | | In 1815, rats had been accidentally introduced by the first settlers of the island who then made the mistake of bringing in cats in a view of eliminating the rodents. | | | No mammal was living on the island before the arrival of Man. The latter brought goats and sheep that later on were killed so as to provide passing ships with fresh meat. |
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| | BBC - Science & Nature - Sea Life - Fact files: Sooty tern |
| | Sooty terns breed on the tropical and sub-tropical islands of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. | | | On Ascension Island, sooty terns are known as 'wideawakes' due to their noisy calling habits that seem to continue 24 hours a day. | | | Sooty terns skim the water surface for fish. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/factfiles/birds/sooty_tern_bg.shtml
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| | Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean |
| | However, the best of St. Helena is seen on foot; there are some magnificent walks and hikes to be had on the island. | | | Ascension Island and the Falklands provide employment for a large number of Saints. | | | Imports are high and the island has a large budget deficit; St. Helena receives a substantial annual grant-in-aid from the UK, most of which is budget aid although a significant portion is a shipping subsidy for the operation of the RMS. |
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http://geowww.ou.edu/%7Ebweaver/Ascension/sh.htm
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| | The Island |
| | Several very good sites which tell all about the Island, its people, geography and ham radio activity. | | | Ascension is a lump of volcanic rock rising over 3 km from the mid-South Atlantic Ocean floor to create an Island 11 km by 17. | | | Ascension has no indigenous population; all 1,200 people here are either employees or dependants of VT Communications, connected with USAF/RAF Wideawake Airfield, Cable and Wireless or other communications establishments. |
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| | uboat.net - Boats - U-177 |
| | Sunk 6 Feb, 1944 in the South Atlantic west of Ascension Island, in position 10.35S, 23.15W, by depth charges from a US Liberator aircraft (VB-107/B-3). |
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| | About us: Cable & Wireless Ascension Island |
| | Cable and Wireless Ascension brings the benefits of all these operations to the geographically remote island of Ascension, building on the experience of an operation with more than 100 years experience of operating locally. | | | Cable and Wireless Ascension is one of 14 business units, primarily islands, within the Middle East and Islands (ME&I) sub-region of the Cable and Wireless group. | | | Cable and Wireless offers full telecommunications services in over 33 Countries/Islands around the world. |
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| | Ascension Island Historical Society - Avis |
| | Dampier and his crew were obliged to abandon the vessel and reached the shore with few provisions and negligible fresh water. | | | For any comments or questions about the Society and its work, or this website, please e-mail us via this link in Ascension. | | | The historic find at Clarence Bay follows the recovery of a bell, grappling hooks, anchors and a giant clam believed to have been collected by the famous natural scientist and buccaneer when he visited the west coast of Australia in 1699. |
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| | Ascension |
| | Obviously this was not the ocean of air I had been told it was so many times in my life. | | | Latitude: 7°58'52" S. Longitude: 14°24'49" W. Comments: Sounding rocket launch site located on an island in the South Atlantic near a NASA/USAF tracking station. |
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| | Flags at Half-Mast for Tsunami Victims - Falkland Islands News |
| | Dave Roberts of the Royal Falkland Islands Police updates us on the latest police and court activity. | | | Though no landings were permitted on Gough Island, the crew and passengers of M/S ENDEAVOUR were able to do a zodiac tour with some spectacular results. | | | Flags at Half-Mast for Tsunami Victims - Falkland Islands News |
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| | The Atlantic Green Turtle |
| | Major green nesting colonies in the Atlantic are located on Ascension Island, Aves Island, Costa Rica and Suriname. | | | Exploitation has already caused extinction of populations in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands | | | Humans have already caused the extinction of large green turtle populations, including those that once nested in Bermuda and Cayman Islands. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Yesterday in parliament |
| | Moves are underway to open the US military airbase on Ascension Island to civilian charter aircraft, the government confirmed. | | | Junior Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell said: "The UK government wishes to improve access to Accession Island in order to provide an essential building block for its future economic development." | | | The chancellor, Gordon Brown, and his ministers face the Commons at question time. |
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| | Ascension Is. - Complete list of mint postage stamps (1946-2004) |
| | This is a complete list of Ascension Is. issues for the years 1946 to 2004. | | | Click here ==>ASCENSION IS. to see current inventory or to place an order | | | Click here ==> ASCENSION IS. to see current inventory or to place an order |
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| | cooltech.iafrica.com tech news Vintage bomber up for grabs on web |
| | Vulcans were built in the 1960s to carry nuclear bombs during the Cold War, but were later converted to carry conventional armaments. | | | Bateson's plane was stationed on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic during Britain's 1982 conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, but was not called up to the front. | | | Spam 'under control' in 2 years - Gates |
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| | Ascension Is. Home Page |
| | Also we were invited (read commanded) to attend a cocktail party at the OIC's bungalow at 7pm tonight. | | | However apart from those small difficulties, life on the Island was interesting and varied. | | | Reading the latest issues of the Ascension Island Islander newspaper makes me wonder what it is like now, it has certainly far more going on, but I see that civilisation is now catching up with you at last - Speed humps outside the Volcano Club - whatever next? |
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| | Capricorn Video - Home |
| | It has been made to mark World AIDS Day 2005, which aims to raise awareness of this disease every year on 1 December, which was when the film was premiered. | | | "Narrow Daylight" is a short film produced in association with the Island's youth group, New Horizons. | | | The first ever Youth Games is coming to an end with the swimming event on Friday night, 2 December. |
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