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the island is overgrown with low grass. some of time here is marked by scorching heat droughts and strong winds . the horses have a hard time surviving in such conditions because main confirms. this here is the skull of an adult horse belonged to a female. it died from natural causes. no trace of hooves is found in the sand the are no trails leading to the holes palms the sole to make the lakes water under. the horses can only survive on the islands in the land where rain accumulates in small depressions in the. talk because maine soon finds a narrow trail in the grass. this is a horse trail similar trails take horses to a watering place that said even chill it's cruel in such trails the horses tread on them but they don't trample on the down. some one hundred fifty species and q-tip of found in the wild this flower with a short stand and bright cover of about gave birth to the first cultivated varieties of chillax this is the blog schrenker. once a year the island's open spaces and low hills of the rest of nature reserve f

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in the middle of bolshoi shantelle island. and stations marriage of letting their boy monitors the weather report stay to the mainland morse code is the most reliable way of transmitting information over long distances. all the best to you. the weather conditions on the show quite challenging summer is short and in the winter the island's a cut off from the rest of the world by severe storms. when far away from civilization your self preservation instantly keeps saying. you have to tread carefully to avoid slipping spreading ranko. using an eye for an axe you need to be careful i must always remember that this place is far removed from civilization. there is an emergency hope won't be coming for quite some time. foodstuffs and fuel delivered to the weather station twice a year and locals take good care of themselves they grow vegetables on a small plot of land and they also bake bread people here can only prepare a few items at a time in the preheat oven three tins of baked for forty minutes. oh no our market your captain. is

muddy shantelle island greets sailors with its rocky shores the shanta islands were discovered by russian explorers in the middle of the seventeenth century in the language of the indigenous nif people shantelle means island. the participants in the expedition decide to cut the route short to get to that destination as soon as possible they head towards the opacity straight during high tide the water around the shantelle islands rises by several metres low tide rushes a gigantic mess of water back to the sea of a halt the currents in the straits between the islands a stronger than anywhere in the world the slow moving yacht runs the risk of being thrown back to shore because of the powerful currents underneath the counter flows create a swirling vortex as a result the boat looks as though it's sitting on boiling water. this is what she did there are massive currents here storms give rise to big chaotic always making it difficult for small vessels to seal through the sailing here is a dangerous side from that there are rocks in the middle of the strait if you ignore them you're in for a go

the weather conditions on the islands are quite challenging summer is short and in the winter the island's a cut off from the rest of the world by severe storms. when far away from civilization your self preservation instantly kicks in if. you have to tread carefully to avoid slipping sprain your ankle. using an eye for an axe you need to be careful you must always remember that this place is far removed from civilization if there is an emergency help won't be coming for quite some time. foodstuffs and fuel delivered to the weather station twice a year locals take good care of themselves they grow vegetables on a small plot of land and they also bake bread people here can only prepare a few items at a time in the preheat oven three tins of baked for forty minutes. when you are. captain is always welcome here. he brings food and news from the mainland the meeting is celebrated with a traditional tea party and the guest is treated to a local delight of bread with cloud. with red caviar. this delicacy is considered an every day food here on the islands which are rich with salmon. and a totall

>> supervisors, as you know, i am deeply connected with treasure island. early on, when i worked for the presidio, one of the things that we did, we did a general evaluation of treasure island. at that time, one of the key positions of the person that managed treasure island was an engineer, jack swanson, whose fte was paid by the san francisco public utilities commission. some might links with treasure island at every level, this goes way back when. what i find here is mixed signals. right now, there is a site 21, one of the most contaminated sites on treasure island that is undergoing some cleanup. why am i talking about that? i am talking about that because, in general, we know that the san francisco redevelopment agency has phased out, and we're talking about funding and monies. and with the infrastructure financing district or development, it is something new which brings in less money. we need, we, meaning the constituents, need to get a good idea about how moneys are going to be available to address quality of life issues. we do have a significant n

the tyler administration recognized the hawaiian islands as a monarchy. as a kingdom. it is interesting because americans were there so early. we hadn't even settle our own west yet. later on in the 1840s as we push westward and start selling oregon and california and the gold rush happens what new england missionaries accomplished in hawaii which was to christianize them and build a churches and schools and try to turn hawaii in to these new england communities a lot of people on the east coast of the united states, senators and government officials as well as business men sees the example of what the missionaries accomplished in hawaii as perhaps being inspirational to what we could do on the west coast of the united states. the missionaries brought their wives and something they saw of what happened in hawaii as these creatures and their wives and exerted this westernizing influence on these islands people hoped could happen on the west coast of the united states. >> host: first call for sarah vowell is from michigan. good morning. you are on booktv on c-span2. >> c

chinese surveillance ships have been sighted around the islands. in august, chinese vessel entered territorial waters near the islands that sparked more tensions. >>> senior russian government official says the country will boost infrastructure projects on the four islands claimed off japan. the hashings show russia's determination to develop the islands even after the change of its president. deputy regional development minister panoff said tuesday $320 million will be added to an eight year construction plan. this will involve building sea ports, airports and roads on the islands by 2015. the additional amount will increase the plan's total budget to about $920 million. russian prime minister vladimir putin is expected to win the presidential election next march. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi power plant finally submitted its original zept manuals to japan's nuclear safety agency, but it maintains that only half the document's contents should be made public. in mid september, tepco submitted its manuals for nuclear accidents to a lowe

for instance, although there are islands within its harbors, most of rhode island isn't an island. italian explorer giovanni da verrazano may be responsible for the mix-up. arriving in 1524, one of the harbor islands supposedly reminded him of the greek island of rhodes. others say the name originated with dutch explorer adriaen block. the story goes that he was amazed by the red clay in the soil. so he called the area "red island" or, as the dutch would say, "roodt eylandt." he also named one of the islands "block island" in honor of... himself. >> rhode island is known as "little rhody." it's approximately 1,200 square miles. and rhode island was started when roger williams left massachusetts in search of religious freedom. he had hope that he would find the religious freedom that had led him to come to the new world. >> williams succeeded in establishing a settlement in 1631. thankful for his good fortune, he named it "providence." today providence is the capital of rhode island. and "hope" is the state motto. >> so the flag includes hope, this golden anchor -- which is a refere

visiting the island?> reporter: the vietnamese boat people had to leave their homes behind in order to escape the new regime. living on gala island creates a transition period where an old life ends and a new life begins. it helps form a new identity for each of them and for future generouses. >> thank you. >>> in the fourth part of our series on thursday, we will focus on a former cambodian refugee woman who escaped the country's long conflict, and find out how she feels about her homeland today. please join us for the week-long special at 9:00 p.m. jst. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> up next is weather. >> hi there. welcome back. let's look at your weather conditions starting off with asia. first let's talk about the tropical depression that is going to be heading towards northern vietnam thursday morning. it looks like it will be affecting for the next 72 hours, a few days, it will be lingering around a similar area and bringing torrential rain accumulating up to 200 millimeters or more in

first the south pacific island of tuvalu, a country of nine islands in the south pacific ocean. about 10,000 people there are suffering from severe drought. new zealand is providing the country wa water. the new zealand government has said tuvalu has had virtually no rain for five months. it's said to be caused by the weather pattern la nina. funafuti has only 60 liters of water for its residents. the government declared a state of emergency last wednesday and asked new zealand for help. the new zealand government and the red cross sent water and desalination equipment. they're checking to see how to support the island nation. takielau also declared a state of emergency because of the lack of rain. >>> kiribas is facing a possibility of. >> on the road to tarawa, the capital of kiribas. because of climate change the ocean is rising. the waves pounding the shore can seriously damage it. the waves caused the courselias to erode and uproot trees. to protect themselves from the waves, locals built sea walls but they're not as effective as they once were. the village has asked the go