Saturday 15 October 2011

Falklands Garrison still going strong


United Kingdom

29 years since the Falklands conflict, and 8,000 miles (13,000km) from the UK, the Falklands Garrison is still very much a going concern, providing protection and reassurance for the Islands. Report by Nigel Sargeant.
Remote and rugged, and classed as a self-governing British Overseas Territory, the Falkland Islands are two-thirds the size of Wales and with similar terrain, comprising East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands.
A fragile and beautiful, if rugged, place, off South America, and similar to north Scotland, the Islands farm 700,000 sheep, with the sale of fishing licences generating extra income. Read More
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