That German warship was the armed merchant raider Atlantis.

@@sadams12345678 What was there to get supplies from?

Dankie Tobia. Wie heissen die name aus die soldaten? What was the name of the soldier?

@@davidvanniekerk356 That, I don't know

@@dugroz cabbage? 🤷‍♂️

If it weren't for Cook finding that one message, there probably would have been a very large conflict over some a very small land.

​@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I doubt there would be a large conflict, maybe some minor skirmishes similar to those of the British East India Company's over St Helena.

Probably there was a natural harbour on the coast and the French expedition put some kind of mark at the site where they left the bottle. That's already quite a lot of circumstance considering how many islands there are in the archipelago and the sheer size of it all. It looks small on the world map but even if there was a 20 foot pole flying a French flag it would be unlikely to be noticed, let alone a single, lonesome bottle.

@@blafoon93 Cook probably circumnavigated the main island

Not really, the bottle wasn't hidden. It would have been left in the place most likely to be seen and with markers.

"30 noeuds" et non "39" :D

I was about to make that comment

He also calls the UK/Britain as England and British as English

@@memofromessex Please forgive the french. We are a sophisticated people, but how kinda split but also very unified but still actually split the UK is isn't common knowledge in France

Another error: typo at 10:32. It’s “two” not “tow.” These errors should have been corrected before making the video public.

Alert would be an interesting subject, as the most northerly permanent settlement in the world.

@@JamesPhieffer yeah, or those scattered pacific and indian ocean islands aswell

He did a seriese about Tristan da Cunha on the Extremities podcast.

Me too!

If france sell this island to china its very dangerous due china plan to rule the world and all species will be lost in the area and they are also treat the antartic and sorounding island. Be careful and study first before making a dangerous decession. China is treat of the whole world. China wants to rule the world!!!.

At my boarding school some 60 years ago, they had this rule of three. One can stay with the injured whilst the other goes for help. Makes a lot of sense.

cest bien vrai

What is the purpose of this early warning system? Warning peguins?

@@polka23dot70 It warns against incoming missiles.

satellite tracking station for the ESA Galileo GPS system

@@polka23dot70 Because submarine based nukes could be launched from anywhere in the world.

According to Wikipedia, there are no military activities on the Kerguelen Islands: The former sounding rocket range to the east of Port-aux-Français is currently the site of a SuperDARN radar. Since 1992, the French Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) has operated a satellite and rocket tracking station, located 4 km east of Port-aux-Français.

Me too

Me too

Same.

yes same

Ditto!

He's only half as interesting as this guy

@@xp8969 nice

I feel like the wendover guy and the hai guy teamed up to make this

I agree strongly

Fuck that, they’re alright but this is WAY better

Can you explain the connection or provide any links to more information? Not finding much on a cursory search.

​@@MrKelsomatic just go on the wiki ... The CNES launched several rocket/probes (Dragons) to study the atmosphere, and since the island is on the same magnetic line as the Arkhangelsk Oblast in USSR, they decided to launched more rockets to study the magnetosphere and to trigger aurora borealis on the other side of the Earth. At the end, more than 100 French and Soviet rockets were launched.

@@jigaraphale Wait you can actually trigger the aurora borealis like that?

Wow, you would've expected him to notice something like a French-USSR joint space program.

@@Marquis-Sade very small and localised ones, but yes

Falklands is an amazing place

Pareil pour moi !

You could try to take a trip to Saint Pierre and Miquelon or Saint Martin lol

I'm more of a Tristan da Cunha guy myself, but I get you

@@d.s.8227 Slightly more feasible, but still difficult as hell.

I first saw it on a globe when i was in kindergarten in 2000. I knew it was a research station and always wanted to go. $21,000 is a lot though

I'm more of a fan of Ile Amsterdam, I like forested places and holocene volcanism. All of the subantarctic islands are pretty dramatic though.

​@@awsomo53 they don't want people visiting because we don't live on a globe and the more people visit the sooner they will find out.

Sounds like heaven

But with grubby clothes and a worn out shovel!

@@richardboote2370 And exhausted.

@@willi19391 And burned to a crisp!

But then you would have to deal with Canadian Customs and Immigration.

And Kerguelen Island is actually antipodal to land: "an area of thinly inhabited plains on the border between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and the US state of Montana en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodes#Cities_and_geographic_features

No such thing as an antipod because the earth is a flat plane.

Same, they're so interesting for some reason.

Argentinians

INTP guy regreet you! :)

INFJ here I was just thinking how do I move there until I heard you have to go out in groups of 3 😂 I think Tristan De Cunha seems more appealing.

Those are the places we could call home

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 🇬🇸

Knots, not nods.

@@mirzaahmed6589 Good enough for an ESL

Lucky for you. Thank you for sharing. I am sure you did well and do the station proud. Stay safe & prosper regards ZA 🇿🇦

The McDonald Islands are/were just south of Kerguelen and they recently doubled in size following a number of volcanic eruptions. The islands were joined together, so now there is only a single McDonald Island. Owned by Australian rather than France, but very geologically interesting.

They even have the same voice so no need to send recordings around

@@RedHair651 are they not the same guy?

@@Daisy-sh8vd r/whoosh

Well you got your wish, shockingly.

They did on the Half as Interesting video, ‘Every mistake we’ve ever made IV’

I never thought about that lol, maybe it's more like France's South Georgia

The guy at the beginning seems a bit infatuated with his smirk.

Then learn about Port Couvreux failed colonization attempt in Kerguelen islands. It's super interesting in it's own way !

C’était une vidéo passionnante. = This was a passionate video. « Passionating » is not a word. But I completely agree!

@@samuelb.9515 Could be going for "fascinating"?

if WW3 starts I am going there no matter what

Yup, and there is also the Prince Edward Islands to the west owned by South Africa

I think I understand what you say. Always wanted to be less socially awkward, but at some point you have to accept that it is just who you are!

Your not weird, most people Fxckin suck and most people are burning in Hell but yeah I understand and I feel for you I really do

I feel really sad for you. I don't know why you have these issues, but this is really bad for your mental health. I used to be just like you, but right now I've massively improved by life and talk way more to people! Idk whether this is because of your social awkwardness or anxiety, or maybe because there was a covid pandemic but even today there aren't really a lot of places to meet people, or because the place you live in is generally not that sociable to make it easy to make friends. But I'll still tru to help! If you have social anxiety, you should probably talk to a psychologist that could help you overcome these issues. If you don't know where to meet people, start doing some activities and hobbies and go to events to meet new people. If your entire environment isn't really friendly to making friends, you should really try going to a new country to see whether you'll prefer this culture! But you should try to do something with that because otherwise, you could really be depressed and sad!

@@gamermapper Do not feel sad for me. It is a waste of time and I do not want it (nor do I deserve it). Please enjoy life. I managed to convince myself that the reason for me being in this "limbo" state is for others to appreciate their luck. I know this is a stupid lie. But do not think I am depressed. Nope, I am not. I take pills, already for many years. I do not feel like being punished or mistreated or being treated unfair. I found a way to cope, even though I know and realize it just a lie that I tell to myself. I can only hope for dementia to kick in before existential crisis, haha. Do not take anything I write too seriously. I have also "bright sides" sometimes. When I see that a tiny bit of effort from my side made some other people smile and remember of their childhood or early adulthood. I cherish those little joys I am a tiny insignificant part of, that I see in faces of some random people. I am genuinely fine, relaxed, not anxious or depressed. Or so I think. As long as it works there is no need to change it. Right? Best wishes to all good people on this pale blue dot we call Earth. I will be satisfied and happy, if you are at least half as satisfied and happy than I am. Really no need to feel bad for me. I am just the most lucky "bastard" on this planet, nor realizing it fully. But I am working on it. Slowly. Better not rush it, I want it to last.

I'm (obviously) not Sam but I second this, I would really like to see an episode on Russian Arctic islands

Yea and A but more north One of the other smaller French souther arctic islands apparently was visited by one of the Magellan boats

Next he'll release a Snyder cut if you're not careful

Most people watch on their phone which these days is usually a longer and skinnier ratio than the standard 16:9 you are used to on a laptop. If more viewers watch on their phone it makes sense to use a ratio better suited for that

@@aktazf1192 yes indeed however, when watching from a handheld device you generally are already accepting a compromise, also many devices let one zoom the content enough to fill the available view area. When viewing from a large device you expect a high quality and it is silly, in my view, to force both segments to a lower user experience.