Tristan da Cunha Island Travel

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Life on the Most Remote Human Settlement in the World

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Tristan da Cunha is a 38-square-mile volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean .

The closest inhabited place, St. Helena , is 1,514 miles to the north.

The island has a history of self-sufficiency in everything, from the sheep and cattle to the homes that people live in.

Tristan da Cunha Settlement is the remotest island in the world.

Original houses were made from volcanic tuff, a “sandy-colored consolidated ash, known by islanders as soft stone,’” says Kelly .

Today , most of the island homes are made with either concrete or brick, topped with zinc roofs, and finished with hardboard on the interiors.

Unlike many other parts of the world, homeownership is not just an attainable goal on Tristan , but a stunningly normal part of community life.

Following Glass’s principles of an equal community, land is communally owned, and stock numbers are strictly controlled to conserve pasture and to prevent better-off families accumulating wealth.

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