Subject: Re: Kerguelen and McDonald/Heard _do_ border, EEZ-wise!<br/>
Date: Aug 18, 2001 @ 00:51<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1059822527">Peter:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; As a matter of fact, we <br/>
&gt; started industry at Spitsbergen, in the early 17th century <br/>
&gt; (Smeerenburg whale blubber plants on Amsterdam island, just off the <br/>
&gt; N.W. coast of West Spitsbergen). <br/>
 </span></blockquote>I&#39;ve been there! The bases of the old vats used to render the whale <br/>
oil are still visible. (In fact, I travelled with a Dutch company <br/>
called Plancius, named after your cartographer. I get the impression <br/>
that Dutch folk haven&#39;t forgotten their Arctic history the way the <br/>
British have.)<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Apart from that, we used to have a <br/>
&gt; coal mine on West Spitsbergen. The Russians still do.<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Same mine? The Russian town is called Barentsburg, which hints at the <br/>
original residents ... <br/>
It&#39;s a terribly bleak place.<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>