Links
- SS Great Britain
Information about the ship - FCDO and HM Governor’s Office
Information about the role of the Governor and the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the Falkland Islands - Falkland Islands Government
Official website of the Falkland Islands Government (FIG), detailing all aspects relating to the government of the Falkland Islands - Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly
Official website of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly - Falkland Islands Legislation
An online database giving access to all the laws of the Falkland Islands. - Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC)
The quasi-autonomous government-funded body tasked to develop the Falkland Islands’ commercial sector - Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce
The leading private sector, member-focused business organisation which can assist those interested in doing business with the Falkland Islands - Falkland Islands Tourist Board
Comprehensive information for visitors to the Falkland Islands - Falklands Conservation
Non-governmental organisation working to protect all the wildlife in the Falkland Islands for future generations - South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI)
- Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
- Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust
Promoting awareness and appreciation of the history and heritage of the Falkland Islands and protecting and preserving this heritage for future generations (see also The Friends of FIMNT below) - 51 Degrees South
Personal stories of the Falkland Islands from an inside perspective. - Falkland Post Services Ltd
‘Dictionary of Falklands Biography (including S.Georgia) from Discovery up to 1981: ed. David Tatham, Ledbury, 2008 - Our Islands, Our History
- Falklands Wars – the History of the Falkland Islands: with particular regard to Spanish and Argentine pretensions and taking some account of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and Britain’s Antarctic Territories. A document researched by Roger Lorton LL.B (Hon), M.Phil.© 2012/2013
FALKLAND ISLANDS NEWS AGENCIES
- Penguin News
The Falkland Islands weekly independent newspaper published every Friday - South Atlantic Remote Territories Media Association (SARTMA)
News from the British Territories in the South Atlantic (Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha) - Falkland Islands Radio Service (FIRS)
To listen to live radio broadcasts from the Falkland Islands - Mercopress/South Atlantic News Agency
Covering the latest news in the Falkland and other South Atlantic Islands, Antarctica, Mercosur, and other Latin American countries
UK ORGANISATIONS
- Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel
The Chapel at Pangbourne College was built to commemorate the lives and sacrifices of all those who died in the South Atlantic in 1982 - Friends of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust
A new organisation recently set up to support the work of the FIMNT. - Shackleton Scholarship Fund
The SSF provides annual scholarships for academic research and quality-of-life activities in the Falkland Islands. - South Atlantic Medal Association (SAMA) 1982
Association for the almost 30,000 service men and women and civilians who took part in the campaign to liberate the Falkland Islands in 1982 - FI Philatelic Study Group
A special interest group for those interested in stamps relating to the Falkland Islands (and South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territory). See also ‘Stanley Post Office Philatelic Section’ above under the Falkland Islands.
SOUTH GEORGIA, THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS AND ANTARCTICA
- South Georgia Association
Association to give a voice to those who care for the remote, unspoiled but environmentally vulnerable wilderness of South Georgia - South Georgia Heritage Trust
Formed in 2005 to raise funds to continue to protect South Georgia’s indigenous flora and fauna and to protect its historical heritage - James Caird Society
Institution to preserve the memory, honor the remarkable feats of discovery in the Antarctic and commend the outstanding qualities of leadership associated with the name of Sir Ernest Shackleton KCVO (1874-1922), especially the ill-fated but glorious Endurance expedition - British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
Responsible for the UK’s national scientific activities in Antarctica
