By September 2014, Cefas would give its initial report and recommendations to the Administrator of
Ascension Island.
Royal Mail Ship St Helena sets sail from Cape Town and visits Namibia's Skeleton Coast, St Helena and
Ascension Island.
The Royal Navy, which had a garrison on
Ascension Island, set about the task, planting several thousand trees a year.
Meanwhile, the main British Task Force is on its 8,000-mile (13,000km) way to the war zone via the British-held
Ascension Island.
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Prince Andrew adds: 'I have sadly never had the opportunity to visit Tristan, as my father has, however my association with the people of the South Atlantic is synonymous with my service in the Falklands along with my later visits to
Ascension Island and St Helena, where the school is named after me.
The seven sets of five stamps represent six dependent territories, including the Falkland Islands and
Ascension Island, and Fiji.
St Helena is over 4,000 miles from the UK, 700 miles southeast of
Ascension Island, and 1,700 miles from South Africa.
The full list of countries to be added to the pet passport scheme is: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Cyprus, Malta, the Falkland Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, St Helena,
Ascension Island, Barbados, Montserrat, Bermuda and Hawaii.
The journey was broken by a refuelling stop at an undisclosed destination, thought to be
Ascension Island.
Participating countries are
Ascension Island (50p and pounds 1 values); British Virgin Islands (20c and $3); Cayman Islands (10c and $2); Falkland Islands (80p and pounds 1.
It took him more than a week to get to St Helena, taking an RAF plane from Brize Norton to
Ascension Island then waiting four days for a supply boat which took two days to reach the outpost.
