Tristan Da Cunha

Commemorating the Quest leaving the island of Tristan Da Cunha 25th May 1922 #REQUEST2021. Extracts from Scout Marr’s Into The Frozen South and from the Guardian May 1923, There are no longer any Scouts there however back then there was the Penguin Patrol.

Tristan da Cunha is one of the most isolated inhabited Islands in the world. It is situated in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, 1,700 miles west of Cape Town, 1,900 miles east of South America, and 1,500 miles south-south-west of St. Helena.  The island is 38 square miles in area, a circular cone-like volcanic mountain with cliffs of 1,000-2,000 feet that plunge directly into the sea.

And a huge thanks to the wonderful students of St. Mary’s School, Tristan Da Cunha. In the absence of any Scouts these days on the Island they stepped up and held our Shackleton Scouts’ Own in their assembly today. This marks 100 years to the day that the Quest left Tristan Da Cunha, 25th May 1921. #REQUEST2021