Kergeulen Island is also the location of the "southernmost graveyard" of the Second World War. A German warship stopped at Kergeulen to resupply and do routine maintenance work. While painting a German sailor fell from the sport his painting and died. He was buried on the island, making the place the "southernmost graveyard" of World War II.

@sadams12345678

2 жыл бұрын

That German warship was the armed merchant raider Atlantis.

@dugroz

2 жыл бұрын

@@sadams12345678 What was there to get supplies from?

@davidvanniekerk356

2 жыл бұрын

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

@tobiasbremner9623

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidvanniekerk356 That, I don't know

@I_Santos_

2 жыл бұрын

@@dugroz cabbage? 🤷‍♂️

Honestly them finding a bottle with a letter is some crazy miracle. One bottle that could have been long hidden by grass, blown by wind or whatever, on a pretty sizable island.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@serg9320

2 жыл бұрын

​@@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.

@blafoon93

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@VineFynn

2 жыл бұрын

@@blafoon93 Cook probably circumnavigated the main island

@PabloSanchez-qu6ib

2 жыл бұрын

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

There has been a mistake in the french to english translation at 11:30. He isn't saying winds have been superior or equal to 39 (to which the translator added kph), but 30 knots, so around 55kph. It's a pretty large difference. Edit: it's obvious to me now how mean my comment might sound, I made it so in order to gain traction and attention from the people behind this video, but know that you have all my respect and thankfulness for bringing us this kind of amazing content.

@louisjx8009

2 жыл бұрын

"30 noeuds" et non "39" :D

@Cyril8204

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to make that comment

@memofromessex

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Tiro_Chopper

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@samuelb.9515

2 жыл бұрын

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

I absolutely love this series! Videos about Tristan da Cunha and those rarely-visited high-Arctic Russian islands would be neat as well. I’ve always wanted to travel there!

@JamesPhieffer

2 жыл бұрын

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

@juliusnepos6013

2 жыл бұрын

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

@dugroz

2 жыл бұрын

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

@MsEKN

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@EDGARDODAMOLEPARDILLO-el9nq

2 ай бұрын

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!!!.

I live in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, and now I feel like I live in a megalopolis (with a whooping 2100 inhabitants) compared to Kerguelen

I once passed Kerguelen Island on a ship, if you sail a great circle route from South Africa to Australia, I think we went straight to Melbourne, you go south into the roaring forties and pass to the north of the island. I always thought it was uninhabited!

The only leaving in groups of three thing seemed weird until I realized it takes two people to haul one back. Smart and probably tested.

@alexd302

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Imagine talking 20 min about Kerguelen without mentioning the French-USSR join space program... the most surprising thing about this place I think.

@MrKelsomatic

2 жыл бұрын

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

@jigaraphale

2 жыл бұрын

​@@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.

@Marquis-Sade

2 жыл бұрын

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

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

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

@jigaraphale

2 жыл бұрын

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

There is also an early warning system for missiles on the Kerguelen. That's also why there is military personnal.

@polka23dot70

2 жыл бұрын

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

@uwu_senpai

2 жыл бұрын

@@polka23dot70 It warns against incoming missiles.

@lloydadkins885

2 жыл бұрын

satellite tracking station for the ESA Galileo GPS system

@nhancao4790

2 жыл бұрын

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

@polka23dot70

2 жыл бұрын

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.

I can't explain why but even though this show is exceptionally enjoyable, I enjoy video's about logistics more now. I blame the wendover guy

@xp8969

2 жыл бұрын

He's only half as interesting as this guy

@oliverfarley7552

2 жыл бұрын

@@xp8969 nice

@wh2960

2 жыл бұрын

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

@everythingautomotiveeta5839

2 жыл бұрын

I agree strongly

@uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753

2 жыл бұрын

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

I love this series SO much.

@wyattmiller9539

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@turdferguson353

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@brettvv7475

2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@takashi.mizuiro

2 жыл бұрын

yes same

@MsEKN

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

I am French and this is the most detailed and fascinating video I've seen on these islands. Thank you sir! Love this new channel.

@justicesomeday

Жыл бұрын

cest bien vrai

Now, this is a real extremity. I've been loving the new format, but I kind of wish we could get a full podcast season of Kerguelen. It reminds me of Pitcairn; there must be so much more to learn about that this twenty-minute video can cover.

hi, just letting you know that there are currently no captions on this video as the auto-generated ones are only for french! Please add some subtitles so that people who need them can also enjoy this video :)

Sam, this is exceptionally well done. You set the standard for what a mini documentary should be. It’s amazing how much information you’ve included in such a short video and still have it watchable.

Great idea for the new channel! Quality content, great coverage of the contextual issues, and the interviews giving us the perspective of the locals in these fascinating places really take it to the next level!

I absolutely love this channel. Have listened to all Extremities podcasts on Spotify previously, which where super interesting and to see the channel starting on KZread as well is great! Keep up the great work!

Kerguelen reminds me alot of the Falklands, which I had the pleasure of visiting for 8 weeks in 2013. Island life is great and I recommend it to anyone.

@dirkhartman9572

Жыл бұрын

Falklands is an amazing place

*...most isolated islands...* Introverts : I've finally found the birthlands of my people.

@secretsquirrel6124

2 жыл бұрын

Argentinians

@G12GilbertProduction

2 жыл бұрын

INTP guy regreet you! :)

@solstice1681

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Yha1000itz

2 жыл бұрын

Those are the places we could call home

As a French person in the US, the way he talked about food and meals made me homesick for islands despite the fact they are further away from mainland France than the US lol

@NPJGlobal

2 жыл бұрын

Pareil pour moi !

@arthemis1039

Жыл бұрын

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

I know the difference in climate between Kerguelen and places in the world with mid-latitude temperate zones is due to having completely different ocean currents and wind patterns as well as no nearby continents, but I still find it astonishing that treeless, tundra-seeming Port-aux-Français is only at the equivalent southern latitude to Vancouver in the northern hemisphere and is closer to the equator than is London, England.

Extremely well done series. I'm hooked :) I'm fascinated by remote locations.

Thank you for this! I've been curious about Kerguelen ever since I learned it is the land that lies closest to the antipode of where I once lived: Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA. (An antipode, or antipodal point, is the point on the planet located diametrically opposite to a specific geographic location, & therefore, is the farthest point in the world from that location.)

@finlayson

2 жыл бұрын

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

@planetruther

8 ай бұрын

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

I've wanted to visit there ever since I saw it on Google Earth in 2006!

@d.s.8227

2 жыл бұрын

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

@SolarAdrift

2 жыл бұрын

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

@awsomo53

2 жыл бұрын

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

@StuffandThings_

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@planetruther

8 ай бұрын

​@@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.

Greetings to you, Sam! I really like the genre of this channel. (I am subbed to both of your other channels btw). Remote places has always fascinated me. With this comment, I would just like to point you in the direction on Jan Mayen (seeing as I am Norwegian, and all). But I do think you might find it quite interesting. No tourism possible I'm afraid. But the fact that it is serviced ~twice per year by military cargo planes, says quite alot about how remote it actually is.

I *love* finding out about isolated places like this! Tristan da Cunha and Bouvet Island also interest me.

I just discovered this show (and thus "Extremities") tonight. This, to me, is absolutely gripping and fascinating, as much as any show or movie I watch in "regular" media. Keep it up! I just subscribed and will be watching ALL these shows. (And now, BTW, I'm going to do a search on Crozet Islands, and St. Paul & Amsterdam Islands . . . I'm a geology nut, but I haven't heard of any of these before tonight!)

@Dave_Sisson

10 ай бұрын

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.

How people live in extreme, remote places like this has always nagged at the back of my mind. Super neat to have well organized videos about them! Kerguelen has got to be one of the better topics for this, such an unknown and dramatic land, almost like Antarctica's Antarctica.

@L_87

7 ай бұрын

Sounds like heaven

Terrific doco- the almighty YT algorhythm led me here. I've spent time on Reunion, of course it is the logistic base for Kerguelen. The island reminds me of Macquarie Island, another sub-Antarctic island, but this one is in the remit of Australia, with my home town of Hobart the admin support base ( =and the HQ of the Australian Antarctic Division). Might I suggest Macquarie as a subject for a future doco. Great work interviewing the staff too! Thankyou thankyou!

Randomly found the island while bored at work. That video really does it justice, great job.

Excellent episode! Informative and very interesting. Thank you.

@zeddyfin

2 жыл бұрын

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 🇬🇸

Fascinating. Great job.

Will admit to never ever heard about such a place before! Thank you for extended my knowledge with an excellent video.

This place has fascinated me my whole life and I dream of visiting/working there.

Hey, I have an Idea: What if you do a collaboration between you and this wendover Guy and this half as interesting Guy? You could even start a streaming service together!

@RedHair651

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Daisy-sh8vd

2 жыл бұрын

@@RedHair651 are they not the same guy?

@tugabooga

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daisy-sh8vd r/whoosh

@goldengolem4725

2 жыл бұрын

Well you got your wish, shockingly.

@theanonymouschicken169

2 жыл бұрын

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

This seems to be a fun place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!

This series is amazing

Can't wait for the next video, I've been a wendover sub for ages and just found extremities. Tristan de Cunha coming up soon I suppose?

Thank you for this. This island(s) have captivated me for decades.

Extraordinarily interesting! Thank you.

I was so excited, but then I realised that I watched this on Nebula already xd.

Also at 11:35 the wind speed indicated is 30 nods which is 55km/h or 34 mph :)

@mirzaahmed6589

2 жыл бұрын

Knots, not nods.

@paddington1670

2 жыл бұрын

@@mirzaahmed6589 Good enough for an ESL

I actually been to kerguelen. The islands are lovely in spring.

@BlueSwallowBird

2 жыл бұрын

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

11:35 just a quick correction, he didn't say "trente-neuf" (39) but "trente nœuds)" (30 knots) : that's 55.5 km/h or 34.5 mph. Edit: got beaten to it. Just want to clarify I love the episode, amazing work.

Great video, there is a small spelling mistake at 3:51 : Christophe Guinet works for CNRS and not CRNS ;)

Great channel man

Hey man. Can you do some on these Philippine remote gems? Cagayancillo Island, Palawan Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi Kalayaan, Palawan (smack in the middle of the Spratlys conflict) Babuyan Islands, Cagayan

If you dug a hole straight down from the Kerguelen Islands, you'd come out at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan!

@richardboote2370

2 жыл бұрын

But with grubby clothes and a worn out shovel!

@willi19391

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardboote2370 And exhausted.

@gwarlow

2 жыл бұрын

@@willi19391 And burned to a crisp!

@Dutch_Uncle

Жыл бұрын

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

Would love if you'd do a similar video of Pitcairn and the Falkland Islands!

Would be amazing travel to Kergulen islands. Another extremities I would love to see is Pitcairn islands or Tristan da Cunha island

Kerguelen Island is where Markus Blackmore, in the story, "Manner of the Sundog", had been given land to establish his equestrian ranch. However, he never got the chance to retire to this beautiful island before his untimely misfortune. Though I believe his brother Jet, a Veterinarian, inherited the Blackmore estate, and menagerie of prized horses. How I would love to live such a life!

It's not mentioned in the video but the seas around the Kerguelen Islands are some of the roughest in the world. The largest ever wave was recorded here, over 100 feet high.

Very cool video, I’ve been waiting for you to find this place and make a video about it. 😉

Any plans for an episode on Wrangel Island? Spent most of my childhood there (late 80s) and I know it's not the same anymore (not so much science, more of an army base now) but still curious about what it's really like there these days. Maybe my dad could even help with some contacts, but it's hard to promise.

@inari.28

2 жыл бұрын

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

This island is in my dream bucket list! Such as exotic place with unusual cabbage and few cats nearby the base!

This is one amazing video. I would love to see more of great contents like this. Keep them coming

I’ve been looking forwards to this very much. Thank you Sam.

Would love to see it some day. It is a dream of mine to work on Macquarie Island, a similar environment.

Signed up! Thank you for everything!

Great video, very educational. Greetings from the tropical paradise island 🏝of Kauai, Hawaii ! Thank you for sharing

Depending on how far away the outposts are from the main town it might just be possible to hook them all together a little better with some wireless mesh networking. Should that be needed or desirable, of course. I wonder if they've got a greenhouse there to help supplement their food supplies as well?

Great vídeos! We need more episodes! Should make one abou St peter St paul’s islands. One of the most bizzar settelments in the entire world

These guys seem so sweet and genuinely happy

@towaritch

2 жыл бұрын

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

Brilliant video 📹

As a frenchman myself, this was passionating. Can't wait to see more from Extremities!

@maxencebarre3833

2 жыл бұрын

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

@samuelb.9515

2 жыл бұрын

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

@NeoLithiumCat

2 жыл бұрын

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

The introduced salmon, trout, sheep and the native cabbage sound like the basis of a great diet and the hunting and fishing involved would be the basis of a great outdoor life.

Thank you for this video. I really do enjoy this series. That I just discovered. I see I am not alone. You have 147K subscribers. Including myself. May I suggest a video about the island of South Georgia. Which is also in the southern sea. Perhaps find out that The British Antartic Survey had been doing recently.

there is one island a bit like this, Heard island, the nearest land mass, just to the south. Although theres no permanent settlement it is an extremely remote unspoilt island, used only for research purposes. Its an Australian overseas territory

@user-rv6cx3rz7t

Жыл бұрын

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

When he says "M. Kerguelen", he means "Mr." - the French abbrevation for "Mr." is simply "M." (short for "monsieur"). Anyway, it should be obvious it couldn't be Kerguelen's first initial, which we already know is "Y" from "Yves".

@Matthy63

2 жыл бұрын

It's also pronounced with a hard N (/Ker-ghé-lenn/), like the guys in the interview say it, not a nasal like idk "Amiens". That's because Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen wasn't culturally French but Breton, and the Breton language follows French pronunciation rules about as much as Irish follows English pronunciation rules (that is to say not at all). Cook probably knew this himself, since basically every French sailor he interacted with more likely than not was also Breton.

Nice video! but a little tip, I prefer this to have a normal aspect ratio (with letterbox if necesary, like the Socotra video), if the video is too wide like this, the subtitle will cover a big part of the video

Interesting island, but I am missing lots of info here. What are the temperature ranges? What native plants grow here? What are the water sources? I would love to see less interviews and more of the actual topography.

This sounds like an amazing place to do research at a French island territory until you remember that the other option was to visit Bora Bora.

When I'm older I actually plan on working at port aux francais as a pastry chef, still have a while to go though.

@imanonimous167

9 ай бұрын

This video(I think I saw it on the main channel first) is one of like, five sources I could find

Wow! Fascinating! Tres magnifique!

Wide aspect ratio. Are we making movies now?

@pangolin83

2 жыл бұрын

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

I have always wanted to see a documentary about living on the Keguelen Islands

Wonderful . I had never heard of them but do know of Reunion. Very good of Captain Cook to give credit to Kerguelen and the French for first discovery. I hope we can keep most people away from all these isolated places and humans always spoil them. Ah to be alone..... so hard to achieve

The peace and quiet, sky at night, and the air there must be orgasmic.

Liked and subscribed! See ya on Nebula!

1:30 Dude has a KEK key on his wall.

I know it's remote and could be dangerous, and as just an IT nerd I don't have much to offer, but man I would love to work there for a few months.

Thank you I've never heard of this place before. It's like a French Falkland islands with no neighbors.

@kugul1683

2 жыл бұрын

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

just watching this for escapism. my country's and world's situation and future are terrifying to bear, so watching places almost isolated from the world gives me a slim hair of hope and a brief moment to disconnect from reality...

@Quiestre

2 жыл бұрын

if WW3 starts I am going there no matter what

Funny that this has popped up recently, since I will be traveling to Wake Island in a few weeks.

You should cover Adamstown in the Pitcairn islands in the Pacific there aren't many good video's on it as well as Tristan de Cunha in the Atlantic

Amsterdam Island and Saint-Paul Islands also have great brilliant French minds working there.

Captain James Cook visited the island during one of his voyages, mainly for fresh water. He described it as the most desolate place on earth that he had seen. A Frenchman who described it as prime real estate "A second France". When the news came back, how terrible it was, he was dismissed.

@Flattithefish

Жыл бұрын

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

This is a really cool video. One point of feedback, though: downloads via Premium tend to be pretty low-resolution by default, which can make the subtitles a bit hard to read. Could you maybe put a black background behind them or something to provide higher contrast?

I would love to visit this place

Filmed in aspect ratio 21:9! Fullscreen on ultrawide

I really like this new channel of yours. Hope it does well!

I read a book by a French priest who visited the island he said it was very windy most of the time and it was a miserable place to live for the scientists who manned the base, he said that most of the scientists at that time we're not on speaking terms with one another and couldn't wait to be relieved of their stint there.

Great story, even by your standards. Fascinating.

So cool thanks

Hey, little mistake at 3:50, it's the CNRS, not the CRNS :) Also at 11:35, he says 30 knots winds, that's 55km/h or 34 mph, a lot more than what's in the subtitles.

honestly i really like your logos

I have really enjoyed this video.

Looks like you can surf 🏄‍♂️ some clean waves and definitely alone in the lineup 😃

@11:36 it's 30 nœuds (30 nautical knots) and not trente NEUF. So that's 56kph. You should correct it, that's twice as much

@towaritch

2 жыл бұрын

That's why there is the famous French bad word " Tete de noeud" ( a " noeud" in French slang is a testicle).

@philippelebon814

2 жыл бұрын

@@towaritch nœud is for the "gland" (end of the stick)

Great stuff and I know the feeling living in one of worlds most isolated islands. 😉