However a couple of things came to my notice today which are worth a mention.
First I have just watched Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's programme in the Save our Seas series on Channel 4 which focussed on South Georgia and Antarctica and the latest developments in the krill fishery - fascinating and bit worrying. I missed the original broadcast but it can be seen over the next 21 days or so (from 1/3/13) on the Channel 4 website at http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hughs-fish-fight/4od#3480114
Second I have just received an email from the Falkland Islands Museum with this picture of the new Museum building being constructed in Stanley.
With the ever increasing number of visitors to the Islands, despite the efforts of our less than friendly neighbours across the water, it will be good to have a new base for the museum with more space to show off their range of exhibits. Leona Roberts, the Museum Manager wrote in her email - 'This will form just a part of the museum complex – the main building on the site will be the old Central Store (or Store Number 1 as it was known in the 1840s) and we will also be making use of several small outbuildings, including the smithy and the original jail. The Public Works Department are still occupying some of the buildings and we are not entirely sure when their relocation will be complete and the buildings handed over, so we are not likely to be able to open the entire site in November. Although that is not ideal, it will still be a bigger space and a much better site than we have now.
We are currently still open at Britannia House and are limited in what we can do until we have waved off the last cruise ship in April –at this point we will flip the sign to “closed”, take a deep breath and start packing like crazy!
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