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North Brother Island (Island Week 4)

It’s Island Week 4 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week. North Brother Island, home to many decaying and abandoned structures, sits just off shore of New York's…

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Monday, 28th September 2009

Island Week 4

Now in its triumphant fourth year, this week we will be focussing on all things island with Island Week 4. The name gives it away, but the idea is that we'll be posting mainly about islands,…

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Monday, 28th September 2009

North Sentinel Island

We've tagged this sight as "India", but in truth North Sentinel Island is hardly even a part of the world as we know it. Although it is barely 40km away from the well populated South Andaman…

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Thursday, 25th June 2009

Robben Island

Robben Island is a prison island off Capetown, South Africa, best known as the jail where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for eighteen years. The island has a dubious history as a place of imprisonment and exile…

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Monday, 25th May 2009

The Island at Towan Beach

A well known landmark to locals and holidaymakers is the little house that sits atop an island off the shore of Towan Beach in Newquay, England. Featured in many postcards, "The Island House", as it is…

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Tuesday, 19th May 2009

Old Rat’s Nest Island, Australia

Peering out the window of the little airtaxi that has brought you to The Rat's Nest, or Rottnest Island, 18 km southwest off the coast of Australia, you'll notice the island's name spelled out in trees.…

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Wednesday, 13th May 2009

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