Eventually, whoever survived this struggle would control what Mackinder called the World Island, by which he meant Eurasia and Africa (true Victorian that he was, he regarded the United States as peripheral).
Known among his friends for his handstand pictures around the world, the Staten Island, New York, consultant says he still wants to experience the reality of his trip, which he claims is better than the virtual reality of his postings.
Marie Ozanne, a Guernsey woman who stood up to the German forces occupying the island during World War II, is to be honoured with a blue plaque.
By the end of 2012, the island of El Hierro will be the first electricity-sufficient island territory in the world relying entirely on renewable energy sources.
Enthusiasts from all over the world will travel to the island this summer for the chance to drive the restored train - as part of the 'Ultimate Driving Experience' project, which currently has a two-year waiting list.
Only a 14 mile ferry ride off the coast of surf-haven Montauk, NY, the island welcomes world-weary travelers a place of refuge.
But on Perancak Beach, on the southeast side of the island, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is working to educate villagers about the need for conserving the endangered turtles.
The former World Supersport runner-up added that the whole racing scene on the island was very different to that of a World Superbike paddock.
In addition to winning multiple swimming marathons, she was one of the first women to encircle the island of Manhattan, and she holds the world's record for longest ocean swim -- 102.5 miles from the island of Bimini in the Bahamas to Jupiter, Florida.
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Vega's performance was followed by the British group Duran Duran who, keen to experiment with the latest technology, created their own virtual island within the world to perform concerts.
Notwithstanding the terrorist blast in Bali that hurt air traffic to the resort island, Asia remains the world's fastest-growing air traffic market.
The 25-year-old, who represented the island at several World Winter Games, passed away after taking ill.
In the summer of 2010, gyro assembled a group at Hyper Island, the world-famous digital training center in Karlskrone, Sweden, for what we ca ll the gyro Academy, an intense professional development program for our up-and-comer colleagues.
The Island Lake trailhead, one mile east of the Top of the World Store at the end of a short road to Island Lake Campground, provides as much or as little a hike as you like.
For one week, the eyes of the world were turned to a tiny island nation in the Mediterranean.
It is the world's largest island but has a population of only 57, 000, many of whom live in poverty.
The ship is here on a scientific research mission, and to document the effects of climate warming on the world's largest island and second largest icecap.
Last week's move by French Polynesia overtook the Marshall Islands' area, outlined in late 2011, as the world's largest - and the Cook Island's claim adds 40% more area to that title.
Calling Hurricane Katrina "a portal into the future, " he says it is already too late to avert a rise of up to one degree that will lead to Arctic meltdown, extreme drought across much of the world and the destruction of low-lying island nations such as Tuavalu and the Maldives.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says brown tree snakes have wiped out most of Guam's native populations of forest birds since being accidentally introduced to the island after World War II, probably after they stowed away on a ship or plane from their native range in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
The obvious first step on a Sri Lanka architectural itinerary is the 17th-century walled Galle Fort, one of seven Unesco World Heritage sites on the island, and set just steps away from those glorious beaches on the south coast.
Most Turkish Cypriots are peeved that the rest of the world recognises Mr Clerides as president of the whole island, including their 37%.
Some 10 million visitors fly in and out of the country every year from all over the world (though one popular destination, the vacation island of Phuket, is about an hour's flight from either Singapore or Bangkok).
The Sulawesi crested macaques are one of seven species of macaque on the Indonesian island which are found nowhere else in the world.
"Shamsul, " "Barbara, " "Elizabeth" and "Andrew" all correctly pointed out that Malaysia and Sweden are home to some of the world's most beautiful island groups.
The great picture attached shows my brother at Windows of the World looking out over the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the same site our grandparents viewed as they entered this great country 80 years ago.
"He has used his considerable influence in the world's most powerful parliament for the betterment of this island, " he said.
The digital machining and outfitting capabilities at Quonset Point make it one of the most advanced naval construction sites in the world, not to mention the biggest industrial employer in Rhode Island.
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