#RMS St Helena

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Comienza la cuenta regresiva al Copper X-Prix con la llegada del St. Helena a Chile

El barco paddock St. Helena con los autos y elementos necesarios para realizar la fecha de Extreme E en Chile ha recalado en el Puerto Angamos en Mejillones, Región de Antofagasta. Los diferentes contenedores y los mismos Odyssey 21 que animarán la competencia el próximo 24 y 25 de septiembre han comenzado a ser descargados para ser trasladados prontamente a Mina Centinela, donde se realizará el evento. El St. Helena realizó un viaje desde Cerdeña hacia Chile pasando por el Canal de Panamá y estará en nuestro país hasta su partida a Uruguay para la fecha final del calendario.

A diferencia de otras categorías motor, la actividad de la Extreme E se basa en el St. Helena, que sirve de transporte a los prototipos y a todos los materiales mecánicos y repuestos, además de los elementos necesarios para montar cada carrera y que va de fecha en fecha. Este tipo de traslado reduce considerablemente la huella de carbono en comparación a otras categorías que usan varios aviones para el mismo fin, más allá de que el St Helena aún no sea eléctrico. Además, en cada viaje, el St. Helena sirve para realizar exploraciones e investigaciones científicas en el mar y en las diferentes locaciones de carrera.

“La llegada del St. Helena a Chile marca un hito importante en nuestra preparación para el Antofagasta Minerals Copper X Prix, el primer evento Extreme E que se realizará en América del Sur” describió Alejandro Agag, CEO y fundador de la Extreme E. “El desierto de Atacama será un lugar anfitrión extremo y fascinante para nuestra serie, mientras que el tema de la minería del cobre y sus soluciones sostenibles es un asunto vital que enfrenta la industria de vehículos eléctricos”

"Esperamos trabajar con Antofagasta Minerals para usar nuestra plataforma para contar esta importante historia de una manera informativa y perspicaz y, en última instancia, ofrecer una carrera más apasionante" concluyó Agag.

Imágenes: Prensa Extreme E

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Originally uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in the early 1500s, Saint Helena (there are a host of discovery and naming myths associated with Saint Helena, all of which are plausible and none of which are resolutely verifiable, although it is generally understood it was named after Saint Helena of Constantinople) is a tiny volcanic outcropping of stone in the middle of the South Atlantic, over a thousand miles from the coast of Angola and Namibia, 800 miles from Ascension Island, and 1,300 miles from Tristan da Cunha.  It is Britain’s second-oldest possession (after Bermuda), but passed through a number of colonial hands since its discovery, being, as it is, an important stopover for a number of industries in those early days of exploration.

Stamp details: Top left: Issued on: January 1, 1856 From: Jamestown, Crown Colony of Saint Helena MC #1

Top right: Issued on: July 1, 1982 From: Jamestown, Dependent Territory of Saint Helena and Dependencies MC #361

Middle stamps: Issued on: May 21, 2002 From: Jamestown; Overseas Territory of Saint Helena and Dependencies MC #836-839

Stamp on bottom: Issued on: February 10, 2018 From: Jamestown; Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha SG #MS1274

Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: No Claimed by: British Overseas Territory Member of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (BOTs joined on April 1, 1877)

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Moving On

I have, on day four, started to re-appreciate the many charms of the Royal Mail Ship St Helena. Last night I took part in a “Fancy Hat” competition. Not normally one to take part in such events the prospect of a £5 reward simply for wrapping some paper around my head was too great a reward to pass up.

Saints have a remarkable capacity for sitting, just sitting, during the five night voyage, and many continue to confine themselves to their cabins for almost the entire duration. Despite this, a fancy hat competition it seems draws them out and the main lounge was packed out with onlookers. A parade of hats, and the declaring of “Everyone’s a winner” was followed by silly party games,  I retire with my dignity only partly intact after one or two beers too many!

Of course last night saw the start of the RMS quiz, during which only a badly timed, point doubling joker prevented team Bernie and Rob (so called after the two members who defected) from taking the first round.

Cricket this morning saw “The Saints” some what demolish “The Rest of the World” team. I have the bruises to show for it as I fearlessly and selflessly threw myself in front of well hit balls of twine. Despite the best efforts of our team motivator Bernie, we lost 135 runs to 91.

Despite all this, and the genuine improvement in my mood I have begun to contemplate and reflect on the leaving of St Helena in a new way. Up until three days ago I lived on one of the most remote, inhabited Islands on earth. A place that takes a five day sea voyage to reach. I lived on an Island that many have not even heard of , with a unique story of history and discovery, where animals and plants found no-where else on earth can be found. Until three days ago I swam with Whale Sharks or dived with Devil rays before dinner. Until three days ago I was unique and special. But as we pass the the two thirds (67%) mark of my journey I am no longer unique. I return to society, to the norm. When I pass people in the street they will not wave or say hello. When I tell people where I live they will simply believe me, instead of looking at me in disbelief, my home address will have a house number and street name, when I say where I live it will be of no consequence at all.

And as for St Helena she will carry on without me, her people will wave and smile at others. New people will come in and make their own temporary mark as my own impact will fade. Despite words of kindness of the difference I have made and the impression I have left I will soon disappear from peoples conciousness initially fading to memory before being dropped completely.

In my isolation however, whilst I may no longer be a part of St Helena, she will always be a part of me. Her beauty and isolation, her rugged cliffs and green peaks, and her people most of all will forever be in my heart and soul.

The Royal Mail Ship St Helena.

Its my last day aboard the RMS, tomorrow at 8am we will arrive in Cape Town and shortly afterwards I will step ashore and leave the life I have known for nearly three years behind.

This has been a tricky voyage for me, for many reasons, some of which I care not to mention. The combination of marking my final goodbye and not having my family by my side to share it with has led to a journey full of sadness for me.

But as the days have gone by the ship has inevitably sucked me in. Today, St Helena day, marks the 515 anniversary of the Islands discovery and special celebrations on deck have included a crazy morning of “sports”. Most events were either humiliating, wet and messy or both. It was well attended and I was pleased to take part and have a bit of a laugh. My quiz team, Bernie and Rob has been renamed Barney and Bob thanks to the consistent mispronunciation of Bernie and Rob name’s. We enter the final round tonight, lagging behind, Im not holding out for much although we are still with an outside chance.

Of course the RMS should of been of of service and decommissioned some 12 months ago and my final departure should of been on a plane. Despite my troubles I am, in the end, glad that it wasn’t, and had had the opportunity to have one last voyage aboard this unique vessel. The RMS is special and has a hold over most people who sail on her.

The RMS is a through back in time, Cricket on the deck, traditional furnishings and fine dining. Time is spent in a leisurely way, sunbathing on the deck, reading, or enjoying a glass of wine or cold beer with good company. The RMS does not claim to be the hight of luxury, or at the cutting edge of modern transport, she is leisurely, making her way steadily across the Atlantic time and again. Everyone aboard the RMS has a story to tell, everyone has a reason for being there, not just that they are on holiday, but an adventure, or starting or finishing a way of life, or perhaps a medical evacuation or return for treatment the people aboard, make the journey.

The staff are second to none, nothing is too much trouble and each and every one of them makes you feel like you are part of their family. Travel once and they will remember your name.

Travelling on the ship also gives a sense of its importance to the Island. It is the heartbeat of St Helena, the passage of time is marker by her arrival and departure. Everyone and everything on the Island has been aboard. In the days following her arrival shops of full of new stock, slowly dwindling down as time passes and her next arrival is eagerly awaited. When the RMS is in port, shops and bars often open longer, or just open where they don’t normally, she is a powerful kick start to the Island each time she arrives. I wonder how this pulsating way of life, dictated by the Rhythm of the RMS will change once she is finally replaced by a weekly flight. People will arrive every week, good every 6 weeks on another ship. As someone who travelled to the Island to start a new life, the RMS is a wonderful introduction to the pace of life, the people and of course to those whom would become good friends. Arriving on a plane will not give time for ex-pat workers to integrate and make friends with Saints before they arrive, how will this affect the mixing and community spirit of the Island, will the divide between Saint and Ex-pats become wider? Only time will tell.

Tomorrow I will awake early to watch Cape Town come into view. The RMS is an extension of the Island  and it is not until I step onto land that I will of truly left behind St Helena’s special charm. Some 100,000 words after I wrote my first ever blog post I am writing the last words on “St Helena”. I will continue my blog for some time to come, to record the emotions and adjustments to be made coming back to the real world. But for now I wish to say thank you. Thank you Saint Helena, to the many people who have touched my life and crossed my path. To those I have photographed, bought food from, laughed and drank with, to those I have dived with and worked with. Thank you to you all.

It is time for me to move on now. I shall return one day, no doubt by plane. I will see changes I’m sure, but fundamentally St Helena will be the same, its people will ensure it. Until such time as I touch down on runway 20 HLE airport I bid you goodbye and I take with me memories that will last a lifetime.

Moving On the RMS St Helena Moving On I have, on day four, started to re-appreciate the many charms of the Royal Mail Ship St Helena.

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St. Helena - A remote island in the Atlantic: Published on 28 Oct 2017

Every third week, a British Royal Mail ship begins its journey from Cape Town to Saint Helena, the remote island in the Atlantic where Napoleon was once in exile.

It’s like the end of the world in the middle of the Atlantic. Five days, with a northwesterly course, and only then do the sheer black cliffs appear in front of RMS St. Helena. The island’s 4500 residents are often waiting impatiently for the ship’s arrival and panic if the schedule changes. Director Thomas Denzel and his team went on the journey to Saint Helena and met the people living on the island. Many of the residents are descendants of people who were sent into exile there by the British crown - the most famous among them, the French Emperor Napoleon. This is a report about life at the end of the world, loneliness, unique vegetation, and a very special journey.

Note: The Saint Helena is a volcanic island that has formed in the Atlantic Ocean around 14 million years ago during Miocene. The rocks are mostly basaltic but have distinct isotopic signature indicating the mixing of pelagic sediments with the magma. More details are available here.

This island has several endemic plant species that needs protection. It seems that endemic species are closely related with geology and climate.

Of the 68 avifauna species, 67 have become extinct and only the wirebird, the Saint Helena plover, survives. More details are available here.

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Extreme E: British driver Billy Monger to race in new series

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Extreme E: British driver Billy Monger to race in new series

Extreme E aims to highlight climate change in five remote locations

British driver Billy Monger has been named as one of the latest entrants to the Extreme E championship.

Monger is a double leg amputee after suffering serious injuries in a high-speed Formula 4 crash at Donington Park in 2017.

The 20-year-old returned to competition earlier this year with Carlin Racing in the Euroformula series in a car with specially adapted hand controls.

“Fighting climate change is incredibly important,” Monger said.

“Everything we do now will affect future generations. It’s definitely a responsibility, and one that I can’t and won’t just ignore.”

Driven: The Billy Monger Story

‘I lost my legs but not my daredevil spirit’

Extreme E, set to launch in 2021, is an environment-focused racing series in which 12 teams race off-road in fully electric SUVs in five remote locations around the world to highlight the effects of climate change.

Joining Monger on the series’ drivers’ programme is ex-Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok, European Rally champion Chris Ingram and W Series champion Jamie Chadwick, who was named on the programme in September.

Other new drivers named in the programme include Sam Sunderland, the first British winner of the Dakar Rally, and Formula E drivers Jerome d’Ambrosio, Daniel Abt, and Oliver Turvey.

Chadwick to race in climate change series

Formula 1 designer Newey to join Extreme E

What is Extreme E?

Extreme E is the sister series to Formula E and will see teams race over three days on routes designed with natural obstacles, in electric SUVs capable of reaching 0-62mph in 4.5 seconds.

The series will have a ‘floating paddock’ – the newly renovated St Helena, a former Royal Mail cargo ship – which will be used to transport championship freight to each location, and is thought to reduce carbon emissions when compared to air travel.

Onboard will be a laboratory and a team of environmental experts from Cambridge University to study the environmental impact of climate change in each region.

Locations include Greenland, the Amazon Rainforest, the Nepalese Himalayas, and the desert in Saudi Arabia, with one more to be announced.

Testing begins in mid-2020, with the series starting in Greenland in February 2021.

The RMS St Helena will become a “floating paddock” for Extreme E

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DAY TEN - ST HELENA

We wake early to find the RMS approaching St Helena, and it’s quite a forbidding sight. Imposing lava cliffs, several hundred feet high, surround the island and make it look impregnable.

Our disembarkation cards show that we are on of the later groups to leave the ship, so after a full breakfast we eventually don lifejackets and descend to the waiting launch for trans-shipment to the jetty in Jamestown. Customs and Immigration are completed quickly and we are complimented on our efficiency in having all relevant documents available for inspection! All down to Pat of course.

Once through immigration we find Billy and Diane Bagley waiting for us on the jetty, and it’s great to see them after so long. Billy has scarcely changed and Diane (with a very heavy cold) is instantly recognisable. We have been writing to each other for 37 years now, where have all those years gone? Cliff Huxtable is also there to take us to our accommodation - very simple and comfortable and very close to the centre of Jamestown.

After a walk around Jamestown (Diane stocking up on this and that at the various shops and Supermarkets) we head up to see Diane & Billy’s house in Blue Hill - what a lovely place with fabulous views across to High Hill and the Ocean. The house was built with their earnings from jobs in the UK, and has bought them something to be really proud of - built by Diane’s brother but designed by Billy. On the way to Blue Hill we pass Diane’s parents George and Maureen heading the other way in an early Ford Escort. The scenery on the way to Blue Hill is stunning - green, rugged and dotted with small farms and woods. Words can’t do it justice but hopefully my camera will be able to.

Diane has a nice dog called Ringo who takes to me immediately: he’s very placid and they obviously dote on him.

After lunch we leave to get settled into what will be our home for a month, and on the way back pass George and Maureen heading back home. This time we both stop and we introduce ourselves to them, and they are a lovely couple. We chat for ages, and hopefully they will be at the party we have been invited to in Blue Hill next Saturday. George has had bowel cancer, but has survived and it will be great to get to know them better.

Once back in Jamestown I immediately call Diane to let her know we have arrived safely as she worries that the roads might get the better of me. They are fairly narrow, but with plenty of passing places and people generally sound their horn before a bad bend.

In the evening we meet up with several of our fellow passengers from the RMS at Donnie’s Bar on the seaside, but it’s loud and we are tired, so head off to bed early.

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Electric SUVs racing in the Himalayas and the Amazon? Meet Extreme E

Enlarge / The RMS St Helena is docked on the Thames next to HMS Belfast, for the global launch of Extreme E. The vessel is to be transformed into a “floating paddock” for the new motorsport series, which will see electric SUVs racing in some of the world’s most extreme locations. (Yes, I know I'm using a ship to illustrate a new SUV racing series but there aren't any pictures of the cars yet.) (credit: Luke Walker/Getty Images for Extreme E)

We're long-time fans of Formula E here at Ars. Sure, some purists will whine like a Hewland gearbox about the lack of internal combustion noise, but I'm sure horse racing fans made the opposite complaint at the turn of the 20th century when cars started being used in competition. Formula E has doggedly stuck with its game plan of doing motorsport differently, with all-electric cars powered by renewable energy racing in places where electric vehicles make the most sense—city centers.

Now, some of the brains behind Formula E have a new electric racing idea for us—one that's radically different from these cool-but-identical-looking single-seaters battling head to head. It's called Extreme E (agreed, not the best name), and it's an electric off-road racing series. This won't be a test of long-distance endurance like the Dakar but will take place in equally spectacular locations around the world: the Himalayas, the Sahara, the Amazon, the Arctic, and islands in the Indian Ocean. Each place has been chosen both for its outstanding natural beauty and the threats it faces by climate change.

The cars, which have yet to be built, will use custom chassis built by Spark and will look like real road cars—or perhaps like real road cars that have been modified to meet the needs of off-road racing. They will be powered with a pair of Formula E-spec motors (so 500kW/670hp in total), with a battery specially developed for the series by McLaren.

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Electric SUVs racing in the Himalayas and the Amazon? Meet Extreme E

Enlarge / The RMS St Helena is docked on the Thames next to HMS Belfast, for the global launch of Extreme E. The vessel is to be transformed into a “floating paddock” for the new motorsport series, which will see electric SUVs racing in some of the world’s most extreme locations. (Yes, I know I'm using a ship to illustrate a new SUV racing series but there aren't any pictures of the cars yet.) (credit: Luke Walker/Getty Images for Extreme E)

We're long-time fans of Formula E here at Ars. Sure, some purists will whine like a Hewland gearbox about the lack of internal combustion noise, but I'm sure horse racing fans made the opposite complaint at the turn of the 20th century when cars started being used in competition. Formula E has doggedly stuck with its game plan of doing motorsport differently, with all-electric cars powered by renewable energy racing in places where electric vehicles make the most sense—city centers.

Now, some of the brains behind Formula E have a new electric racing idea for us—one that's radically different from these cool-but-identical-looking single-seaters battling head to head. It's called Extreme E (agreed, not the best name), and it's an electric off-road racing series. This won't be a test of long-distance endurance like the Dakar but will take place in equally spectacular locations around the world: the Himalayas, the Sahara, the Amazon, the Arctic, and islands in the Indian Ocean. Each place has been chosen both for its outstanding natural beauty and the threats it faces by climate change.

The cars, which have yet to be built, will use custom chassis built by Spark and will look like real road cars—or perhaps like real road cars that have been modified to meet the needs of off-road racing. They will be powered with a pair of Formula E-spec motors (so 500kW/670hp in total), with a battery specially developed for the series by McLaren.

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Extreme E to deliver 'Blue Planet meets Dakar Rally'

Well, imagine no more. From the makers of Formula E comes “Extreme E” — a new concept that will see electric SUV’s compete in some of the world’s most inhospitable and challenging climates all in the name of environmentalism.

The brainchild of Formula E CEO and founder Alejandro Agag, the new project is scheduled to start in 2021 with races taking place in the Arctic, the Himalayas, the Amazon rainforest, Sahara desert and islands in the Indian Ocean.

Agag wants the races to highlight the rising challenges facing the environment such melting ice caps, deforestation, desertification, retreating mountain glaciers, plastic pollution and rising sea levels.

“It’s a radical new concept of racing,” Agag told CNN.

“We want to take electric cars, electric SUV’s, off road cars, to the most extreme and remote locations on the planet.

“We want to showcase all the climate challenges and pollution challenges on the planet and we’re going to do it with an electric car race.”

All the cars, equipment and personnel will be based on a former Royal Mail ship — RMS St. Helena — that will sail to each location.

The 7,000 ton vessel, which is being refurbished to create a new science and research hub, will act as a “floating paddock.”

“It’s going to be a science and research hub for the climate problems, with pollution in the ocean, plastic, for example,” Agag added.

“We’re going to transform this ship into a symbol of the fight against climate change and pollution.”

Two groups of six teams will compete in the series with the top-four making it through to the knockout stage where each driver will go head-to-head for a place in the final.

Each off-road stage will be around 6-10km long with a series of virtual gates to be navigated through by drivers amid a mixture of extreme heat and humidity, freezing temperatures and high altitude.

The entire series will be shot as a “docu-sport” by Academy Award winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens who believes it will give the viewer a combination of “Blue Planet meets Dakar.”

“We are not going to show these races live, ” Agag said. “Everything is filmed in these remote places, edited, there’s no advertising of sponsors.

“Everything is virtual, we don’t pollute the places we go.”

Agag also revealed that the new venture is likely to bring an end to his role as CEO of Formula E with the Spaniard moving over to take charge of Extreme E.

He is hoping to find a replacement within the next three months before taking on the new role.

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“I’m very passionate about Formula E but the part I really like is to start a company, the start-up phase,” he said. “Formula E, luckily, is now up and running and is very big and quite successful.

“I love to start a new venture and this is really quite challenging. To go all over the planet, to do these races is going to be really difficult and at the same time raise awareness on really important issues on climate change and pollution

“I don’t think I will ever exit Formula E. Formula E is my baby, I was there in the beginning. We created from the start.

“But I am going to transition and stop being CEO, move to being chairman and probably become CEO of this new venture when we find a new CEO for Formula E.”

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Extreme E: Comienza la previa a dos semanas del Island X-Prix con la llegada del St. Helena a Cerdeña

Después de más de un mes de espera, vuelve la Extreme E con la cuarta ronda del calendario 2021 en Cerdeña, Italia la próxima semana. La carrera será llamada Island X-Prix y se disputará en el campo de entrenamiento militar Capo Teulada en la zona de  Sulcis-Iglesiente en el suroeste de la isla de Cerdeña. El equipo de Extreme E ha estado trabajando intensamente con el  Automobile Club d’Italia, el Departamento de Turismo de Cerdeña, el Ministerio Della Difesa (Ministerio de Defensa de Italia) y el Ejército de Italia. El barco paddock St. Helena ya ha llegado a Cerdeña y los autos ya se han descargado comenzando los preparativos logísticos para el evento.

El equipo de diseño de la pista, a cargo del experimentado piloto Timo Scheider ha estado realizando reconocimientos en Cerdeña durante los últimos meses para desarrollar un circuito atractivo en este campo militar. Scheider ha contado con el apoyo del piloto Miki Biasion, campeón de WRC (1988, 1989) y participante del Dakar en camiones, y el navegante de rally italiano Tiziano Siviero, que fue el navegante de Biasion en sus campeonatos del mundo.

El circuito tendrá alrededor de 7 kilómetros y entregará nuevos desafíos a los pilotos ya que a diferencia de la arena que se ha encontrado en las tres fechas anteriores, la gravilla se hará presente de forma mucho más intensa con un material más compacto, con zonas con piedras y rocas, fesh fesh y cauces de río. El terreno podría ponerse más suave entrado ya el otoño en Italia y esto podría obligar a los pilotos a buscar nuevas líneas y a enfrentar más obstáculos con la ruta cambiante entre vuelta y vuelta. En ese sentido, un campo militar entrega una pizarra muy buena para que un equipo como el de Scheider logre una excelente pista. Varias de las carreras de Bajas y Cross Country más importantes de Europa se disputan en campos militares.

“Estamos casi en nuestra penúltima carrera de la primera temporada de Extreme E. Hasta ahora ha sido una aventura fantástica y estoy muy orgulloso de lo que ya hemos logrado este año” indicó Alejandro Agag, CEO y fundador de Extreme E. “Todos estamos ansiosos por este evento en Cerdeña, que tiene una gran historia en el rally, y me gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecer al Automóvil Club de Italia, la Región de Cerdeña, el Ministerio de Defensa y el Ejército italiano. que nos ha estado apoyando en cada paso del camino”

“Este X Prix destacará algunos de los problemas a los que se enfrentan Europa y el resto del mundo. El evento se está desarrollando muy bien; Tenemos otro diseño de pista épico lleno de nuevos desafíos, científicos increíbles que se unirán a nosotros para impartir sus conocimientos sobre la emergencia climática y soluciones innovadoras, un Programa Legacy centrado en la restauración de algunas de las áreas afectadas por incendios forestales, así como la exhibición de vehículos eléctricos y soluciones de energía limpia” agregó Agag.

En el campeonato, la duda estará en si habrá nuevo puntero luego de que X44 (Sebastien Loeb / Cristina Gutiérrez) se acercara a Rosberg X Racing (Johan Kristoffersson / Molly Taylor) en la última ronda en Groenlandia. Solo 9 puntos separan a ambos punteros con 42 disponibles en cada fecha. Otro equipo que también podría recortar es Andretti United, ganadores de la última fecha con Timmy Hansen y Catie Munnings y que están terceros con 76 puntos. El resto de los equipos llegan con menos favoritismo e intentarán recortar distancias con los punteros.

El Island X-Prix se disputará entre el 23 y el 24 de octubre.

Clasificación del Campeonato (3 de 5 carreras)

Rosberg X Racing (Taylor/Kristoffersson) 93 pts.

X44 (Gutiérrez/Loeb) 84 pts.

Andretti United (Munnings/T. Hansen) 76 pts.

JBXE (Ahlin-Kottulinski/K. Hansen) 68 pts.

Acciona Sainz (Sanz/Sainz) 61 pts.

ABT Cupra (Kleinschmidt/Ekstrom) 54 pts.

Veloce (Gilmour/Sarrazin) 49 pts.

Xite Energy (Giampaoli Zonca/Bennett) 47 pts.

Chip Ganassi Racing (Price/LeDuc) 40 pts.

Imagen: Prensa Extreme E

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Dünyanın En Ulaşılamaz Adası St Helena’ya Uçuşlar Başladı http://ift.tt/2yrko5P

Fransa İmparatoru Napolyon Bonapart’ın sürgüne gönderildiği, Atlas Okyanusu’nun güneyindeki İngiliz toprağı St Helena adasına ilk tarifeli uçuşlar cumartesi günü başladı.

Atlas Okyanusu’nun güneyindeki İngiliz toprağı St Helena adasına ilk tarifeli uçuşlar cumartesi günü başladı.

Güney Afrika’nın Johannesburg kentinden kalkan ticari uçak adaya ulaştı.

SA Airlink Havayollarının işlettiği Embraer E190-100IGW tipi uçakta 78 yolcu bulunuyordu.

6 SAATLİK UÇUŞUN FİYATI 3 BİN 852 TL

Uçuşun, Namibya’nın Windhoek kentindeki molayla birlikte 6 saat 15 dakika sürmesi bekleniyor. Haftada bir yapılması planlanan Johannesburg – St Helena uçuşunun fiyatı ise ortalama 800 sterlin (3.852 TL) olacak.

St Helena, Fransa İmparatoru Napolyon Bonapart’ın sürgüne gönderildiği ada.

Napolyon 1815’teki Waterloo Savaşı’nı kaybetmesi ardından buraya gönderilmiş ve 1821’de 51 yaşında bu adada hayatını kaybetmişti.

“DÜNYANIN EN GEREKSİZ HAVALANI”

İngiltere tarafından finanse edilen havaalanı yaklaşık 285 milyon sterline (380 milyon dolar) mal oldu. Havaalanın adada turizmi canlandırması ve ada turizmini kendine yeter hale getirmesi umuluyor.

İngiliz basında ise St Helena’daki havaalanın “dünyanın en gereksiz havaalanı” olduğu yorumları yer aldı.

4 BİN KİŞİNİN YAŞADIĞI ADANIN DIŞ DÜNYAYLA TEK BAĞLANTISI 3 HAFTADA BİR SEFER YAPAN GEMİYDİ

Afrika kıtasının batısında bulunan adada yaklaşık 4 bin 250 kişi yaşıyor. Volkanik tropikal adanın yüzölçümü yaklaşık 122 kilometrekare.

Adanın dış dünyayla tek bağlantısı 3 haftada bir sefer yapan gemiydi.

Geçen sene hizmete açılması planlanan havaalanının açılışı şiddetli rüzgarlar nedeniyle ertelenmişti.

Yaz aylarında Johannesburg ile St Helena arasında yapılan deneme uçuşlarının güvenli geçmesinin ardından havaalanının açılmasına karar verildi.

ADA TARİHİNDE YENİ DÖNEM

St Helena valisi Lisa Phillips, bugünün ada tarihinde yeni bir dönem açtığını söyledi.

Şu ana kadar adaya ancak Güney Afrika’dan kalkan gemiyle, 6 gün süren bir yolculukla ulaşılabiliyordu. RMS St Helena gemisi son seferini Şubat ayında yapacak.

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St Helena disappeared from view a few hours ago and with it goes my Atlantic Adventure, those words in themselves are very difficult to write. I flit from holding it together when in company to tears of sadness when alone, a strange emptiness fills me that is hard to describe. I hope that writing will, as it has done before, prove therapeutic, but at present it is hard.

The smile on my face does not really tell the truth.

The last few passengers are ferried across

My last look at Jamestown

With the familiar three blasts on the ships horn we turn and set sail.

Goodbye Jamestown, still cant believe Im even writing that.

Half Tree Hollow. I remember so well three years ago when we first set sight on her and spotted our little house perched on this high platau

Lemon Valley, so many found memories

Cleughs Plain sat high, our last home on St Helena

For several weeks I’ve thought about travelling on the RMS without the boys, sad to be leaving but looking forward to the freedom. But as I sit here now I just wish I didn’t have time to write because Charlie is bored, or Oliver wants to show me a passing tropic bird. It feels so very wrong and incomplete to be leaving without my boys and of course Bev. We have lived, loved, cried and shared every second of this journey and leaving them behind is the hardest thing I have ever had to do

My last Panorama of St Helena

The day started in usual RMS fashion, a wake of departing at the coffee shop, only this time the wake was in my honour. So many times before I have hugged and kissed goodbye to people from those wooden benches, now, it was my turn. So many friends turned out and I forgot to take any photos of people. As we reached 8.50 I couldn’t take any more and I had to leave, I couldn’t sit chatting any longer. Running round saying goodbyes to a host of people it was so difficult but I kept my composure to the last. Ian Johnson and Lisa Rhodes tested me. Two very good friends who’m I have shared so many laughs and memories with. Susie Nixon then broke me. Susie, a kiwi, was with us on day one of our journey, booked into the Commodore hotel in Cape Town a life time ago. Saying goodbye was hard, very hard. As I turned to say goodbye to Paul and Jenna Bridgewater I couldn’t speak. I had nothing I could say that would do justice to how I felt saying goodbye to them. Paul and Jen and at the time baby Myles, were also with us from the start, sat on our dinning table on the RMS as we set sail for St Helena and a new life nearly three years ago. I will never forget how nervous and insecure they appeared as they started a journey into the unknown, and how incredibly brave I thought they were to be doing it with a young toddler, just finding his feet. As we sat for dinner that first night Jenna asked “so do you believe in the Loch Ness monster?” and with that wonderful opening line began a lifelong friendship. I’m sure, as my last journey across the Atlantic progresses I will come to reflect and take positive stock, looking forward to the next adventure. But as I sit here now, just woken from my mid afternoon sleep (my RMS tradition) I’m heartbroken and empty. I genuinely cant believe that I’m writing the last pages of my blog. I had always continued to write well past our departure but as I hear the familiar dinner time jangle of the RMS I wonder whether to continue writing will just be too difficult.

Soon we are far enough away that the whole Island fits into a single frame shot

Day 2

Day two on the RMS has felt long. Although I’ve always though Id enjoy a journey without the boys, it turns out that without them the ship feels empty and quiet. The passage feels long and I don’t want to be here. In reality the ship is very quiet. Two friends are with me and a handful if familiar faces, but the majority are strangers to me, and I have no wish nor need to change that. My usual need to make new friends, or pass on knowledge or advice to tourists has gone. I am heading away from St Helena, not to it, tourists don’t need my travel tips and the rest I will never see again. My previous journeys have felt homely and comforting, this is neither. I don’t need nor want time to think and contemplate. I need to be in Plymouth starting work, to distract me and take me from my dark mood. Far from comforting the RMS feels like a slow prolonged wake, five days to say goodbye, I dearly wish that airport had opened.

Goodbye St Helena disappeared from view a few hours ago and with it goes my Atlantic Adventure, those words in themselves are very difficult to write.

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IMAGE-CONSCIOUS

“Whose head is this and whose inscription is it?” —

Mark 12:16

The Pharisees and Herodians were able to identify the owner of the Roman coin because of what was stamped on it. The seal on the coin marked it as belonging to Caesar.

When we were baptized into Christ, we too were stamped with an image, “sealed” with the Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13; 2 Cor 1:22). We were “formed anew in the image of [our] Creator” (Col 3:10), and now we “share the image of His Son,” Jesus (Rm 8:29). God marked us with His own seal to identify us as His property (Rm 14:8). Isn’t this amazing? The same God Who forbade the making of any graven images out of concern for our falling into idol worship (see Ex 20:4) has now engraved His very own seal upon us (Eph 4:30).

Are you aware that you are marked with the seal of God? Can others tell to Whom you belong merely by looking at you? You can polish up your image. Concentrate on your Owner and gaze “on the Lord’s glory.” Then you will be “transformed from glory to glory into His very image by the Lord Who is the Spirit” (2 Cor 3:18).

Prayer:  Father, may all who see me think of You.

Promise:  “What we await are new heavens and a new earth where, according to His promise, the justice of God will reside.” —2 Pt 3:13

Praise:  Emperor Constantine had great respect for Sts. Marcellinus and Peter. He buried his mother, St. Helena, in the basilica that had been erected over their burial crypt. These two saints were such powerful witnesses that they converted other prisoners and their jailer before their deaths.

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The following reflection is courtesy of Don Schwager © 2020. Don's website is located at Dailyscripture.ServantsOfTheWord.org

Meditation: What do we owe God and what's our obligation towards others? Paul the Apostle tells us that we must give each what is their due (Romans 13:6-8). The Jewish authorities sought to trap Jesus in a religious-state dispute over the issue of taxes. The Jews resented their foreign rulers and despised paying taxes to Caesar. They posed a dilemma to test Jesus to see if he would make a statement they could use against him. If Jesus answered that it was lawful to pay taxes to a pagan ruler, then he would lose credibility with the Jewish populace who would regard him as a coward and a friend of Caesar. If he said it was not lawful, then the Pharisees would have grounds to report him to the Roman authorities as a political trouble-maker and have him arrested.

Jesus avoided their trap by confronting them with the image of a coin. Coinage in the ancient world had significant political power. Rulers issued coins with their own image and inscription on them. In a certain sense the coin was regarded as the personal property of the ruler. Where the coin was valid the ruler held political sway over the people. Since the Jews used the Roman currency, Jesus explained that what belonged to Caesar must be given to Caesar.

We belong to God and not to ourselves

This story has another deeper meaning as well. We, too, have been stamped with God's image since we are created in his own likeness (Genesis 1:26-27). We rightfully belong, not to ourselves, but to God who created us and redeemed us in the precious blood of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ (see 1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Paul the Apostle says that we are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God (Romans 12:1). Do you acknowledge that your life belongs to God and not to yourself? And do you give to God what rightfully belongs to Him?

"Lord, because you have made me, I owe you the whole of my love; because you have redeemed me, I owe you the whole of myself; because you have promised so much, I owe you all my being.  Moreover, I owe you as much more love than myself as you are greater than I, for whom you gave yourself and to whom you promised yourself. I pray you, Lord, make me taste by love what I taste by knowledge; let me know by love what I know by understanding. I owe you more than my whole self, but I have no more, and by myself I cannot render the whole of it to you. Draw me to you, Lord, in the fullness of love. I am wholly yours by creation; make me all yours, too, in love." (prayer of Anselm, 1033-1109)

The following reflection is from One Bread, One Body courtesy of Presentation Ministries © 2020.

IMAGE-CONSCIOUS

“Whose head is this and whose inscription is it?” —Mark 12:16

The Pharisees and Herodians were able to identify the owner of the Roman coin because of what was stamped on it. The seal on the coin marked it as belonging to Caesar.

When we were baptized into Christ, we too were stamped with an image, “sealed” with the Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13; 2 Cor 1:22). We were “formed anew in the image of [our] Creator” (Col 3:10), and now we “share the image of His Son,” Jesus (Rm 8:29). God marked us with His own seal to identify us as His property (Rm 14:8). Isn’t this amazing? The same God Who forbade the making of any graven images out of concern for our falling into idol worship (see Ex 20:4) has now engraved His very own seal upon us (Eph 4:30).

Are you aware that you are marked with the seal of God? Can others tell to Whom you belong merely by looking at you? You can polish up your image. Concentrate on your Owner and gaze “on the Lord’s glory.” Then you will be “transformed from glory to glory into His very image by the Lord Who is the Spirit” (2 Cor 3:18).

Prayer:  Father, may all who see me think of You.

Promise:  “What we await are new heavens and a new earth where, according to His promise, the justice of God will reside.” —2 Pt 3:13

Praise:  Emperor Constantine had great respect for Sts. Marcellinus and Peter. He buried his mother, St. Helena, in the basilica that had been erected over their burial crypt. These two saints were such powerful witnesses that they converted other prisoners and their jailer before their deaths.

Reference:  (This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)

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DAY ELEVEN - ST HELENA

Both of us sleep well, and the Forge is comfortable. It has a huge avocado tree in the garden, which attracts lots of birds and we spot Madagascan Fody, Java Sparrows and Mynah Birds. Overhead we see many Fairy Terns and the occasion Red Billed Tropic Bird. The male Madagascan Fody is particularly beautiful, being a bright orange-red during the breeding season.

Shopping is required, so we stock up on essentials, and then decide to walk to Mundens Fort which overlooks the anchorage, and from where we can also see the heavy construction work going on in adjacent Ruperts Bay. This is required to allow jet fuel for the airport and general cargo to be imported. Whilst at Mundens we see the RMS readying to depart, and it’s odd to think that our lifeline will not return for 2 weeks and we are on our own. With three blasts on her horn (reverberating from the cliffs) she departs for the five day journey to Capetown.

Later I buy some (expensive) internet time and attempt to update this blog without much success. However, our email contains nothing of importance about Doris or Kath, so no news is good news. I’ll turn off everything except the essentials on my iPad and see if it helps next time.

After lunch we head off down to the swimming pool and buy a ticket for both of us for a month - we are both determined to keep trim by swimming and hiking some of the many “letterbox” walks on St Helena. I decide to make some bread rolls and do so but am hampered by the lack of scales and accurate fluid measures. They seem to come out OK, and if they taste OK I will take some to Diane tomorrow.

Diane calls us after our swim to see what our plans are, and we arrange to join them at the KW Club in Longwood - Billy doing the driving! I think it’s best as I need to get confident when driving in the dark here. We also arrange to go to stay with Diane for a couple of nights in Blue Hill, which will allow us to do some of the hikes around there. Looking forward to that.

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