Orkney Islands

Cruise ofRVScotia, Orkney Islands, and northeast Scottish coast Pattenden and McKay... 

In western and northwestern England, Ireland, Scotland, and Norway and in the Hebrides and Orkney Islands, peasants neglected their farms and herds three months of the year to cut seaweed and haul it ashore. Instead of using it to manure their fields or overwinter their cattle, they dried and burned the seaweed, boiled the ashes, evaporated the liquid, and earned pennies for their pains. The result, called kelp, was only 5 to 8 percent sodium and potassium carbonate. Kelp made big landowners wealthy, but it impoverished peasant farmers. 

Orkney voXtMicrotus Red fox Vulpes vulpes Orkney Islands Calder and Gorman,... 

Everson, I. (1970). The population dynamics and energy budget of Notothenia neglecta of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Bulletin of the British Antarctic Survey 23,25-50. 

Gilbert, N. S., Microphytobenthic seasonably in near-shore marine sediments at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 33, 89, 1991. 

Cook SD, Q omardy JI, Tapp W, Poskanzer D, Walker ID, Dowling PC (1985) Declining incidence of multiple sclerosis in tlie Orkney Islands. Neui ology 35 545—51. 

Argentina has a long history in Antarctica which dates back to 1904, when the first permanent scientific observatory on the South Orkney Islands was established (20). Six permanent stations have been maintained by Argentina over recent years as well as field camps during the austral summers when all activities are noticeably... 

Webster, L., Fryer, R. J., Dalgamo, E. J., Megginson, C., and Moffat, C. F., The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and geochemical biomarker composition of sediments from voes and coastal areas in the Shetland and Orkney Islands, J. Environ. Monit., 3, 591-601, 2001. 

For a number of years (1961-1981) the main thrust of the EPR work was the investigation of zeolites. The first investigation of these materials at Princeton was carried out in 1933 by the Swedish chemist Arne Tlsellus(135) who brought with him samples which he personally collected in the Orkney Islands. C. 

Fig. 1.2 James Weddell (1787-1834) and Matthew Brisbane were hunting seals in the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands in 1823 when they turned their ships south and sailed into a large embayment in the land mass of Antarctica now known as the Weddell Sea. They reached a point even farther south than Captain Cook when they decided to turn back. They were fortunate to have penetrated this far into the Weddell Sea and to have escaped unhurt because the pack ice in the Weddell Sea is notorious for trapping ships (Photo by the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, used here with permission)...

Variation in the loops of two Recent species of Liotbyrella (Brachiopoda Terebratuloidea) from New Zealand and South Orkney Islands... 

Specimens of Liothyrella neozelanica Thomson, 1918 (Fig. 7.2) were collected from depths of 5-25 m from the rock walls of Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand (45°21 S, 167°03 E) by SCUBA. Specimens were originally frozen or preserved in alcohol. The related species, Liothyrella uva (Broderip, 1833) (Fig. 7.3) was collected by SCUBA divers from 5 to 25 m at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica (60°43 S, 45°36 W). Dried specimens were provided for the study. All specimens are held in the collections of the Department of Geology, University of Otago. 

Figure 7.1 Locality map for populations of Liothyrella neozelanica from Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, and L uva from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands.

Figure 7.3 Loop variation in Liothyrella uva (Broderip) Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Specimens arranged in order of increasing valve length from 27.3 to 55.8 mm. All figures X2. 

Windmills for generating electricity on Orkney Island. Scientists think that windpower could meet well over half our present electricity needs. But more research is needed, especially for windmills offshore. 

Piper Alpha produced oil and gas from its 24 wells for delivery to the Flotta oil terminal located on the Orkney Islands as well as to other installations through three separate pipelines. At the time of the occurrence of the disaster, the platform, as per References 13 through 16, produced about 10% of North Sea oil and gas. On July 6,1988, due to gas leakage from one of the condensate pipes at the platform, explosions and a resulting fire destroyed the platform and killed 167 persons [14,15]. 

Fogg, G.E. (1967) Observations on snow algae of South Orkney Islands. Philos. 

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