Grave of the German soldier Bernhard Herrmann, who died in Kerguelen during World War II. Credit: B.navez / Wikimedia Commons Since the 1950s, France has maintained a permanent base in the town of ...

Abby Sunderland, right, the 16-year-old California girl whose dream of sailing solo around the world was dashed last week by a massive wave, sitting with Nathalie Deschamps, head of district for ...

On April 25, 2011 the clouds parted over the South Indian Ocean to reveal Kerguelen Island’s tan and green-tinged landscape. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA ...