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Falkland Islands

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Falkland Islands

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King penguins at Volunteer Point, Falkland IslandsFalkland Islands
3 min read2018

Dateline March 10, 2018, The Falkland Islands

A small set of islands with a big history. In the harbor, Chinese squid boats, the catch that earns the Falklands much of their living; on the land, the wreckage of 1982 kept as remembrance, and a people firmly British and glad to be. Janice took a rough two-hour drive across roadless country, past cowboys working the sheep, to Volunteer Point and a colony of King penguins balancing their eggs on their feet. John, under the weather, had to take this one on faith.

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