Talk:Bouvet Island

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Contents 1 daylight saving time 2 Flag 3 Wikipedia Standards 4 Norwegian scientists starving to death in 1974???

[edit] daylight saving time

Does Bouvet Island observe daylight saving time?

--Chochopk 08:36, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

It is uninhabited. There is no permanent human settlement on that island, so I think the point is moot. Lupo 08:38, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Which timezone? Now both UTC+1 och Saint-Helena timezone (which is UTC without daylight saving time) are written in the article. Since there are no permanent nor any temporary (e.g. research station) human settlement on that island, maybe there is no defined time zone. The CIA factbook gives no time zone --BIL 18:49, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Flag

I am deleting the flag. If anyone can show that this flag has ever been used in any situation remotely connected to Bouvet island, it might be appropriate. But the island is uninhabited, and has always been so, and has no official flag. (Barend 15:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC))

Perhaps the Norwegian flag would be appropriate? As it stands, the infobox is missing something. -- Egil 17:42, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the Norwegian flag is the correct one for Bouvet Island.Inge 18:18, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Then explain this: http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/bouvet_island.htm --  Denelson83  07:16, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

What's there to explain? The link you gave shows the Norwegian flag, and an alternate labelled as "unofficial and very doubtfull" [sic]. Lupo 08:09, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I have looked and have yet to find a law or regulation about flag usage for Bouvet Island. If there is any, my guess is that one should use the Norwegian flag, but as I said I have no basis to claim that. -- Nidator 13:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Standards

Is this appropriate to the standards of WP : "there is no whale station there, but who cares?" . Isn't there a policy about jokes? Not that it matters, but...--Dami 21:13, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Norwegian scientists starving to death in 1974???

The article currently incorporates this bit of information: After the tragedy of five Norwegian Scientists who starved to death due to a lack of food-supply in 1974...

I am Norwegian, and I have never heard of this before. This does not, of course, mean that it didn't happen. But I am very surprised to hear that something like this has happened and I have never heard about it - and that it seems impossible to find any further info about it on the net either. If someone have a source for the factuality of this event, please give it. Until then, I am deleting the sentence. --Barend 13:44, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I haven't heard about this either, and being interested in Norwegian polar history that makes me sceptical. -- Nidator 13:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)