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 ====== Resources : British South Atlantic Overseas Territories ======
-==== Links ====
+This is a page listing various resources dealing with the British South Atlantic overseas territories' history, geography and related topics and subjects. Resources range from website and online article links to lists of recommended non-fiction bibliography.
-**[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saint_Helena.htm|Full list of governors and statesmen of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan sa Cunha]]**
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-**[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/South_Georgia_Islands.html|Full list of governors and statesmen of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]**
-**[[http://www.sthelena.se/|Saint Helena Official Website]]**
+==== Saint Helena ====
 **[[http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/|Saint Helena Government Official Website]]**
+**[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saint_Helena.htm|Full list of governors and statesmen of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan sa Cunha]]**
+**[[http://sainthelenaisland.info/|Saint Helena Info]]** - Includes lots of visual material.
 **[[http://www.bweaver.nom.sh/|The Saint Helena Virtual Library and Archive]]**
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 **[[http://www.postoffice.gov.sh/|The Island of Saint Helena Post Office and Philatelic Bureau]]**
-**[[http://sainthelenaisland.info/|Saint Helena Info]]** - Includes lots of visual material.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIsI6paJYZs|Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of Saint Helena, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL-pAsNHLdY|Saint Helena – plant conservation]]** - Short documentary on conservation efforts focused on the island's highly endemic and frequently endangered species of flora, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imy4gGC9sf4|Saint Helena – wirebird conservation]]** - Short documentary on conservation efforts focused on the island's last surviving endemic bird species, the "wirebird" plover of St. Helena, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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+==== Ascension Island ====
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLBIaAR7h0|Ascension Island – wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of Ascension island, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BUDEUwx0hE|Ascension Island – supplying the garrison]]** - Short documentary on the historical settlement of Ascension island and how it was influenced by local natural conditions, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYWpUwcQd3E|Ascension Island – natives and aliens]]** - Short documentary on the native and introduced flora of Ascension island and its unique ecosystems, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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+==== Tristan da Cunha ====
+Resources pertaining to the main island, neighbouring Inaccessible Island and Nightingale Island, and the more distant Gough Island.
 **[[http://www.tristandc.com/|Tristan da Cunha Official Website]]** - The main resource for facts and pictures on TDC geography, history, local folklore and economy, tourism and much more.
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 **[[http://www.tristan.it/TRISTAN/tristanlibri/tristan_annals.pdf|The Annals of Tristan da Cunha (pdf e-book)]]**
-==== Bibliography ====
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fspkfxcrfwc|Tristan da Cunha - wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of Tristan da Cunha and its neighbouring islands, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ElF8awm90|Life on Tristan da Cunha - the World's Most Remote Inhabited Island]]** - Short documentary on the history and society of the island and its neighbouring islands, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3j_H0SZINM|Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gough Island]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature, wildlife and environmental issues of the Tristan archipelago's distant part, Gough Island, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNPnBaO7tYg|Tristan da Cunha 1961 volcanic erruption]]** - Period documentary on the situation and research during and after the erruption in 1961, when the locals were temporarily evacuated.
+== Bibliography ==
+//**[[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8213?msg=welcome_stranger|Three Years in Tristan da Cunha]]**// - An early 20th century account on life on Tristan by Katherine Mary Barrow, who lived on the island for three years. Available for free at Project Gutenberg.
 //A Short Guide to Tristan da Cunha//, James Glass and Anne Green, Tristan Chief Islanders, 2005, Whitby Press, 2005, 12 pages
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 //Corporal Glass's Island: The Story of Tristan da Cunha//, Nancy Hosegood, 1966, Farrar, Straus, Giroux Publishing, 1966, 192 pages
-==== See Also ====
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-**[[offtopic:The United Kingdom]]**
+==== South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ====
-**[[offtopic:The Falklands]]** - Another, but larger and separately administered British overseas territory in the South Atlantic.
+Though the islands are distinct, they are near enough each other to be counted as one administrative area. Until 1985, the territory was administratively part of the Falkland Islands.
+**[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/South_Georgia_Islands.html|Full list of governors and statesmen of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZUibDpWuk|South Georgia - wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of South Georgia, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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+==== See Also ====
+**[[offtopic:British South Atlantic overseas territories]]**
 **[[timelines:British South Atlantic Overseas Territories|British South Atlantic Overseas Territories Timelines and Scenarios]]**
 **[[pods:British South Atlantic Overseas Territories|British South Atlantic Overseas Territories Points of Divergence]]**
+**[[offtopic:The Falklands]]** - Another, but larger and separately administered British overseas territory in the South Atlantic.
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