User talk:PatLurcock

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[edit] Title of SGSSI leader

Hello,

What's the title of the person who runs South Georgia? Our article on South Georgia calls him the "Civil Commissioner"; see Civil Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The (US) CIA World Factbook and the FCO call him the "Commissioner". Since you live on South Georgia and I am assuming you are in touch with him and his team, which is correct? I tried to send an email to the FIG in Stanley. All I got was a 'mailbox full' message back. - - Thanks, Hoshie 04:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Hoshie, He is entitled Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Referred to formally as Your/His Excellency. Pat

Bit more info: After the Argy invasion and subsequent expulsion in 1982, the Governor of the Falkland Islands and Dependent Territories (as SGSSI was at the time) was retitled Civil Commissioner and worked in partnership with a Military Commissioner (ie head of the military in FI) until SGSSI was made a separate overseas territory of the UK in 1985, when he reverted to Governor of FI and became Commissioner for the newly declared SGSSI. Pat

[edit] Husvik

Dear Pat: I believe that Husvik was used as a summer research base in 1986-96, and the Manager's villa and possibly the pier have recently been renovated; even if uninhabited presently, perhaps it might be worth keeping Husvik in the list of population centres?

On another point, it is said that the British Antarctic Survey has maintained field huts at Sörling Valley, Elsehul, Schlieper Bay, Hound Bay, Dartmouth Point, Glacier Col, Maiviken, St Andrews Bay, Hope Point, Coral Bay, Gull Lake, Carlita Bay, Royal Bay, Hodges Glacier, Jason Harbour, Ocean Harbour, Prince Olav Harbour, Lyell Glacier, Bay of Isles and Godthul. Could you please advise which of these are presently maintained, so that we could mention that in the article? Best, Apcbg 21:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Hi. I've just been reading the South Georgia discussion page and noticed that you live there (and presumably have internet access). I quite enjoy reading about fairly remote (to the rest of the world) places but it's sometimes difficult to picture what those places are like without... pictures. Obviously the article has got a few photos but it might benefit from a few more. However, it's quite difficult to get hold of any. Are you in a position to be able to take and upload any to Wikipedia? Wiki-Ed 12:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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