South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Shackleton as their leader, to complete their Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. In the beginning of their story Shackleton sets out to cross Antarctica, soon after a failed expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole, however, they’re beaten by a few months. It takes quite a while to get funding for the expedition, but once Shackleton does he selects a crew consisting of some experienced men that he’s worked with before as well as other less experienced men who Shackleton chooses from their countenance and appearance.…

Shackleton Case Study: Was He a Successful Leader? Summary In late 1914, the ship Endurance, left the port of South Georgia Island for their final stretch to their South Pole destination. Sir Ernest Shackleton, their illustrious leader, had been at sea before and had even attempted this perilous journey prior to this sailing. Shackleton was starting this journey with renewed vigor as he could sense this would be one of his last chances to accomplish his life-long goal of traversing the southern…

For the past one hundred and eighty-five years, the Malvinas Islands have been in the possession of the United Kingdom. This fact has been continuously disputed by the Argentinian government, which believes that the islands have always been considered as a part of their territory. In 1982, the military junta in control of Argentina sought to reclaim the islands from the British through the use of military force. War was declared and Argentinian forces swiftly took control of the island. However,…

I was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 13 April 1967. My father was a Christchurch businessman, and my mother was from a farm roughly 30 miles from the city. Both sides of the family had immigrated to New Zealand from the UK and Ireland in the mid 1800s. During my early childhood I spent a great deal of time on the farm, and only wanted to grow up to be a farmer. My family moved away from Christchurch in 1970 to the deep south of New Zealand’s South Island. Invercargill is a small city…

Introduction The Tasman Glacier is located in the heart of the Southern Alps, in the South Island of New Zealand. Tasman Glacier is New Zealand’s biggest glacier and therefore is an attraction. However, the Glacier has been retreating due to a number of processes which are operating. For example, between the years of 2000-2006, the Tasman Glacier had retreated at approximately 54 metres per year (Robert C. Dykes, Brook, & Winkler, 2010). The aim of this research was to gain an understanding as…

factors dictate the success and risks involved in a profitable logistics system. A country’s trade among industries and organizations within the country as well as importing and exporting goods are two separate factors that can also determine how successful that country will be in earning revenue. New Zealand is an island located in the Pacific Ocean off of the eastern coast of Australia. Being an island, they have to rely on a well-functioning logistics system in order to help them move…

that involves two or more parties, and those parties can range from small groups of people to entire nations. The war of the Falkland Islands is one of the never ending number of conflicts the world has seen. Disputes over the ownership of three islands in the coast of Argentina caused friction between them and the United Kingdom, thus leading to a war. While not full-scale, the war was rather a violent one. When examining international politics, paradigms and theories are essential in order…

The two that will be discussed in this section are the book, The Falklands War: Britain Versus the Past in the South Atlantic and the online journal article My Falklands War and Theirs. The first is a book written by Dr. Daniel K. Gibran who is a Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations from University of Aberdeen, Scotland; 1990. It is intended to discuss and analyze the politics of the war focusing on the theme of democracy versus dictatorship. Its value is high because it gives insight…

State of Iraq and the Levant which is the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq this has then led to the Iraqi civil war and the return of the United States to Iraq in 2014. The Falkland’s war was a war that occurred between 2nd April – 14th June 1982 in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding sea and airspace. This war lasted 10 weeks and was fought between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The aim of this war was to recapture the islands which had been…

Johnston be set aside.” According to the Civil War Trust. On June 13, 1865, President Johnson appoints provisional governors for six of the former Confederate states. The states include Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, and South Carolina. “President Andrew Johnson was awarded the Honorary Doctorate by the University of North Carolina in 1866.” according to the National Park Service. During the Civil War sugar from the Sandwich Islands, now known as the state of Hawaii, became a…