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Portsmouth
Because of Portsmouth's strategic situation, Portsmouth has been linked with the Navy from the Middle Ages to the present day. Down the centuries, many fortifications were built to protect the Harbour and town. The Round Tower for example, has guarded the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour since 1417
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Madeira
Portsmouth, HMS Endurance’s home port in the UK has a historical link to Madeira. In 1662, Charles II married Catherine of Braganza in the Garrison Church, Portsmouth. By doing this, Charles II gained trading concessions for English merchants, which paved the way for their domination of the Madeira wine trade
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Argentina
Argentina has an area of 2.77 million sq. km, which gives it a great variety of
climates and landscapes. Known as the `land of ice and fire' it can be
simultaneously hot in one region and cold in another.
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The Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are a group of about 200 sub-antarctic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, off the east coast of southern South America. They have a population of approx 2,200 people
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South Georgia
Whaling has been carried out in the Southern Ocean since the late 1800s and
South Georgia’s close proximity to the Antarctic whaling grounds meant that it
grew to be the world’s biggest centre for such activity.
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Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America with an area of 8,514,215 sq km. This is about 16 times the size of France.
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Antarctica
Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. At 3794m, it is located on Ross Island and was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross. The volcano is named after the Greek god, Erebus, the personification of darkness.
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Patagonia
Located at the southern end of South America, the Patagonian region embraces
partly the territory of Chile and Argentina and remains one of the world’s last
great wildernesses.
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Tristan Da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is the remotest inhabited island in the world. Its closest neighbour is St Helena - 2,334km away.
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South Africa
Almost 40% of the gold mined on Earth has come from South Africa. Scientists estimate that gold deposits there are 3 billion years old.
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Ghana
HMS Endurance has reached Ghana as part of her 2006/7 deployment. The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Burkina Faso to the north, Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
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Sierra Leone
The original name for Sierra Leone was the Portuguese name of Serra Lyoa. The literal meaning is “Lion Mountain” and refers to the large number of hills that surround Freetown Harbour.
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Senegal
The country shares its borders with Mali, Mauritania, Guinea and Guineas Bissau. It covers the Republic of Gambia as an enclave on all the three sides within its boundaries.
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