Published November 19th, 2010
Even among our absurdly well traveled customers, friends and expedition leader colleagues, we’re betting no one has been to nearly all 50 islands featured in Judith Schalansky’s beguiling collection of maps and essays. If you’ve been to more than 14, drop us a line. You might win the prize (a $100 gift certificate) and our eternal admiration.
ARCTIC OCEAN
1.Lonely Island (Uyedineniya Island)
2.Bear Island (Bjorn Island, Svalbard)
3.Rudolf Island (Franz Josef Land)
ATLANTIC OCEAN
4.St Kilda
5.Ascension Island
6.Brava, Cape Verde Islands
7.Annobón
8.St. Helena
9.Trindade
10.Bouvet Island
11.Tristan da Cunha
12.Southern Thule (South Sandwich Islands)
INDIAN OCEAN
13.Saint Paul Island
14.South Keeling Islands
15.Possession Island (Crozet Islands)
16.Diego Garcia
17.Amsterdam Island
18.Christmas Island
19.Tromelin
PACIFIC OCEAN
20.Napuka (Tuamotu Archipelago)
21.Rapa Iti (Austral Islands)
22.Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernandez Islands)
23.Howland Island
24.Macquarie Island
25.Fangataufa (Tuamotos)
26.Atlasov Island (Kuril Islands)
27.Taongi Atoll (Marshall Islands)
28.Norfolk Island
29.Pukapuka (Cook Islands)
30.Antipodes Island
31.Floreana (Galapagos)
32.Banaba (Kiribati)
33.Campbell Island (New Zealand)
34.Pingelap (Caroline Islands)
35.Easter Island
36.Pitcairn Island
37.Semisopochnoi (Aleutian Islands)
38.Clipperton Island
39.Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands)
40.Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Islands)
41.Iwo Jima
42.St. George Island (Pribilof Islands)
43.Tikopia (Solomon Islands)
44.Pagan (Mariana Islands)
45.Cocos Island
46.Takuu (Papua New Guinea)
ANTARCTIC OCEAN
47.Laurie Island (South Orkney)
48.Deception Island (Shetland Islands)
49.Franklin Island (Ross Sea)
50.Peter I Island (Bellingshausen Sea)
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Okay, I’ve been to 12, Bob Headland, Werner Stambach and Tony Soper are in the running. What about the sailors among you?
We’ve gotten a report that Werner Zehnder, a founder of Zegrahm Expeditions, has been to 16 islands included in the Atlas of Remote Islands, which makes him the winner!