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Thank you for sharing your absolutely amazing (and well documented) journey.
Mike Kauffman
Pottstown, PA USA - Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 21:54:55
Wow. Thanks for doing this journal. This is precisely the journey I wish to take one day. Thank you.
Jeff Hall
Rockville, MD USA - Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 00:30:03
I came to this site quite indirectly, from David Thompson's Friday Ephemera, who directed us to a site called Map Tunneling Tool:
http://www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-to-other-side-of-the-earth.htm

...in case you need to know where you'll wind up when you dig straight down. Anyway, using this map I discovered that the only land opposite the continental US is a few specks located in ... the southern Indian Ocean! Which led to Google, which led to this very informative and enjoyable diary of your adventure. Thanks for putting so much effort into your site.
John Holland
Toronto, ON CANADA - Friday, July 11, 2008 at 17:42:54
Great pictures of a super remote part of the world. Fascinating exploration, I'm sure! Thanks for sharing it.
Bill Allen
Redmond, WA USA - Monday, June 2, 2008 at 13:35:48
A fascinating web site. The videos are amazing! Thank you.
David Hopkinson
Carlisle, UK - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 09:56:20
Thanks for the site and photos! It is great to finally find some information on this fascinating (but difficult to research) part of the world.
Ryan
Denver, CO USA - Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 17:38:29
Found this site using Google Earth. I spent a very pleasant hour or so viewing the photos and reading your comments. Thank you so much for posting this online.
Wade Johnson
Powhatan, Va USA - Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 12:00:25
I envy you Francis, to have been travelling along those wonderful remote places on our southern hemisphere...!
I've been travelling myself to many places on this globe, some remote, some less remote (please have a look at my website, sorry texts are in Dutch, but pictures are not). Thanks very much for sharing your adventurous memories...!
Robert Beunder
Wormer, Netherlands - Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 14:55:44
Hi francis. I came across your site from the wikipedia article on Ile Amsterdam. I bought my 3yr old son a globe recently, as he is learning about the continents at preschool. He pointed to a dot in the south atlantic called "Bouvet" so I looked it up. Having always been interested in remote places, I kept following a chain of articles on islands to the east while he wandered away. Your great site much appreciated and it must have been the trip of a lifetime. Great quilt too!
Chris
Seattle, WA USA - Monday, February 4, 2008 at 02:29:04
Thanks for sharing this wonderful adventure, I enjoyed it very much, hope I will be able to go some day.
Cheers, Claus
Claus Baltersen
Freltofte, Denmark - Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 15:35:56
Very informative and well-written site. It really does sound like the trip of a lifetime. Thanks for sharing it.
Bud
Penndel, Pa USA - Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 23:50:28
Fascinating, I am really envious. What a great trip to places most people don't even know of, let alone visit!
Leyland Pitt
Vancouver, BC Canada - Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 23:01:44
Thanks for a wonderful travel story. I happened on your site after googling 'Amsterdam Island' as I plan to sail Capetown-Sydney and ports of call are rare.
Ken Castle
Sydney, NSW Australia - Friday, October 12, 2007 at 04:16:21
Fascinating!!! I'm sure you consider yourself very lucky - thanks for sharing this!
Harold
Amersfoort, Netherlands - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 14:31:52
I came across your web site while searching for St. Paul island. Great work. Read all the writings and watched the videos. It is very good of you to share your journey with us.
Onur Tokan
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 11:11:24
Thanks for this great story and the pictures, in particular for the detailed map snippets. I always enjoy reading experiences from trips to the lonely parts of our planet, especially to remote islands.
Carsten
Munich, Germany - Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 11:00:22
Very nice trip log. Thanks for sharing it.
Dale Hancock
Pullman, WA USA - Monday, September 17, 2007 at 23:10:27
What a lovely respite from the office! Found this site yesterday through Wikipedia and proceeded to spend the entire day reading about your journey. Thank you so much for putting this page up!
Ciana
Teaneck, NJ USA - Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 09:37:40
Enjoyed reading your travelogue! Did any of the islands you visited have big waves/surf breaking on the shore?
Tim
Manchester, NW UK - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 18:21:43
Truly wonderful travelogue of what must have been a great trip. Pictures and comments were excellent. Thank you for sharing a trip of a lifetime.
Charles
Denver, CO USA - Monday, March 26, 2007 at 14:24:43
Dear Francis
A lovely virtual slide night. Thanks for the opportunity to return to the islands from your point of view.
Liz
Liz Downes
Lilydale, VIC AUSTRALIA - Friday, February 23, 2007 at 22:52:16
I stumbled across your site while browsing through Wikipedia looking for information on the Kerguelen Islands. Great pictures, video, and commentary. Thanks for putting this site up!
John
Seattle, WA USA - Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 00:42:03
I was looking for pictures of the french TAAS as I study geography in Nantes ( France ) and I found your website !
Wow ! Very nice pictures, interesting comments , what a nice trip =)
I wish i'll do the same someday ! :D
Nathan
Nantes, 44 France - Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 18:37:09
Awesome, I'm so glad you created this page to share with the world.
Nick
USA - Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 03:44:41
Spent the past hour reading your site and thoroughly enjoyed it. You've added a nice website which puts a different perspective on visiting these islands.
Eurig Jones
Denbigh, UK - Monday, November 6, 2006 at 18:11:16
Another visitor who came here after looking for my city's antipodal point and finding Ile Saint Paul. Thanks for a great site!

Anya
USA - Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 21:42:56
Yet another link via wikipedia. This site is simply amazing, i read every single page. Keep up the good work!
David
Torreon, Mexico - Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 04:13:47
Another linked via Wikipedia. Great site, thanks for all the information, maps and pictures. A great example of the web bringing some of the most remote parts of the world to our living rooms. I was interested to learn that French governed islands (Amsterdam and Saint Paul) are closer to Australia than the Australian governed island (Heard). All the best, Rob.
Robert Lawrey
Perth, W.A. Australia - Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 22:41:30
I found your fantastic site via Wikipedia, when I was once again looking at the islands on the opposite of the world to where I live wich I like you noticed on my large world map.
I read your description on how these places interested you and it was funny how similar it was to mine. More seem to have gone through similar according to the above comments.

Many of the pictures you have taken could just as well have been taken here in Iceland, and that is one of the things that interest me in these places, that they could be considered mirror islands of Iceland. I am going to have fun showing my family and friends some of the pictures and make them guess where they are taken.
Höskuldur
Reykjavík, Iceland - Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 09:49:00
fantastic site-- was reading up on the french colonial empire and discovered your site (linked from wikipedia, of all places). really top notch photos, good historical and geographical descriptions. a pleasure.
denis kennedy
saint paul, mn USA - Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at 12:09:45
I was perusing through Google Earth, wondering what was directly on the opposite side of the world from me. Then while googline "ile saint-paul" I came across this website. Wow Francis, you documented exactly what I was hoping to see. Now I am making plans with Heritage Expeditions to see it myself. I especially loved the penguins. Keep this site up!
Jared
San Diego, CA USA - Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 03:17:34
Great site ! Since 10 years I am extremely interested in Atolls and the most tiny specks of land in the world (Oceans) I am a (also virtual) Celestial navigator, and travel the whole (virtual) globe from one to the other island and use the net to inform me over the beautiful world we have to respect. When is the next expedition ?! I,ll be your man.
Guus Dekker
Tilburg, The Netherlands - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 09:06:58
Since I was teenager I became really curious and interested in that little islands in the south hemisphere that are not always displayed into the Atlas. Thanks to the web I started to find informations and, for the first time, also some pictures. Last year I read the book “L’arche des Kerguelen” by Jean-Paul Kauffmann and I literally fell in love to this archipelago. Now I’ve found your web-site: it’s wonderful!!! You made the trip of my dreams. Thanks to share with us your exciting experience.
Sorry for my broken English...
Graziano
Italy - Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 15:23:18
I really enjoyed visiting your website. I am especially interested in the South Atlantic islands of Ascension, St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha; so it was interesting for me to see how your photos of these southern islands compared.
Ted Cookson
Cairo, Egypt - Monday, September 26, 2005 at 15:59:45
Great site and beautiful pictures. Thanks for putting it up. Any plans for another expedition?
Chris
New York, NY USA - Sunday, December 19, 2004 at 11:26:31
Dear cousin Francis,
My mom gave me your Website. She got it from you at The Reunion. This is a great site. Your trip sounds fabulous! Loved the photos, etc.
Drop us an e-mail.

Love, Elaine and Phil
Elaine and Phil Pasquini
Novato, CA USA - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 16:45:25
Francis, what a site! I just revisited it (again) and thought I'd better finally sign your guestbook if I'm going to keep coming back. You've done an amazing job of documenting the trip, which even today calls my mind back across the sea to those very special islands. Thank you.
Jeff Rubin
CT USA - Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 23:02:33
Dear Francis,
What a wonderful website! It sounds and looks like a fascinating voyage. A nice perk from your employer; it must be a good company to work for.
Gil
Gil Skinner
Evansville, WI USA - Friday, January 16, 2004 at 01:12:39
I am just a college student, but I became interested in the S. Indian Ocean Islands after putting up a large world map next to my bed in my dorm room. I woke up one morning and saw Amsterdam Island, located in the middle of nowhere, and I immediately became fascinated. You have a great website here, and I only hope that one day I could go on an expedition like this!
Danny T.
Madison, WI USA - Monday, December 8, 2003 at 14:06:09
Dear Francis

Thanks so much for putting this site together (I am telling all my friends). It's wonderful to see these places again, and through your eyes, not my own. We all pick up such different aspects of the same experiences. Do you have a photo of the total eclipse -- it was yet another great moment on that trip for us all.

Funny, there wasn't anything about seasickness ...

warmest wishes

B'dette
Bernadette Hince
Canberra, ACT Australia - Tuesday, December 2, 2003 at 04:44:20
Dear Francis,
This is such a joy to view! The photographs are so professional and the written details are so very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to create and share this e-documentary.
LuAnn Angus
Foxboro, MA USA - Monday, November 24, 2003 at 06:33:32
Francis,
You have done an excellent job, capturing the voyage. It is something I am often thinking about especially as the first anniversary is upon us. My friends are very complimentary on the web site design and flow.

Greg Downes
Melbourne, Vic Australia - Thursday, November 20, 2003 at 01:17:49
Well done, Francis!! You have elegantly and comprehensively captured the highlights of our month-long journey across the far reaches of the Southern Ocean. Now it is possible for anyone with a web browser to enjoy our discoveries for considerably less time and expense! They will only miss the numerous and enjoyable Scrabble sessions which we so enjoyed. Thank you for doing this!
Charles Veley
San Francisco, CA USA - Sunday, November 16, 2003 at 12:18:52
At long last, I have completed most of what I wanted to do with this site. There will, of course, be lots of polishing in the days ahead, and no doubt an addition or two, but it is essentially complete. Please leave your comments (and let me know of any broken links or other problems). Happy voyaging!
Francis Lynch
Evanston, IL USA - Saturday, November 15, 2003 at 19:22:11

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