0:00:02 > 0:00:06800 miles from the Antarctic Circle,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09isolated in the freezing South Atlantic Ocean,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12the windswept shores of the Falkland Islands
0:00:12 > 0:00:14remain one of the most inaccessible places on the planet.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20The hardy islanders - descendants of English pioneers,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Scottish sheep farmers and Scandinavian sailors -
0:00:23 > 0:00:25are proud of their European roots.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27But living 8,000 miles from the UK
0:00:27 > 0:00:31has helped create a unique way of life on the Falklands.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38It's winter and many of the islands' penguins species have headed
0:00:38 > 0:00:40back out to sea.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43I've got some fish for George.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45But vet Steve Pointing has come across one
0:00:45 > 0:00:47that hasn't quite made it.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49You would like more, wouldn't you? That wasn't enough.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54And there is a flurry of activity around Stanley as people get
0:00:54 > 0:00:58ready to say an emotional goodbye to the Reverend Richard Hines
0:00:58 > 0:01:03and his wife Jen. Their time on the islands is almost at an end.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06It is all about Jen and Richard. Saying thank you,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09saying farewell, shedding a few tears, I expect.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I should imagine there's going to be a few there -
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- probably from me as well. - SHE LAUGHS
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Stanley, on East Falkland, is the islands' capital.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56And it's been the Reverend Richard Hines' home for seven years.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59But now he and his wife Jen are in the process of packing up,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01ready to move back to the UK.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I've been so careful with this until now.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07And that.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Part of me wants to be back in the UK because that is home,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13that's where I grew up and everything.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15But thinking about all the things that
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I am not going to have any more...
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Thinking of going back - the M25 - it's awful,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24thinking just all that traffic on the road
0:02:24 > 0:02:30and the...loss of so much open space.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Today, Richard is taking a flight to visit
0:02:35 > 0:02:38two of his parishioners in West Falkland.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41There are just four small planes that run from the tiny airport
0:02:41 > 0:02:45and they are the main means of transport to the outlying islands.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Traditionally, farms on the Falklands were large sheep ranches
0:02:50 > 0:02:54owned by non-islanders living abroad.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57By the 1970s this form of tenant farming was causing many
0:02:57 > 0:03:01people to leave the islands looking for better opportunities.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04So the government decided to step in.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06They bought and subdivided the larger farms
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and sold the land back to the locals.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14The 26,000 acres of Pebble Island
0:03:14 > 0:03:18remains one of the few farms still owned and leased from the UK.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Come here.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Come on, birds, come on.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Despite never owning the farm, Arina and her partner, Raymond,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32have connections to the land that go back over 100 years.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35You going to come get some meat?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Hey, are you watching?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40You're not very interested, you're already full.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Get your little brown eyes on this, look.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Cheers.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Right, he'll dive after it now.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Here you are, boy, you're looking.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49You're looking, here it is.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55When you have been here as long as we have then,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58you know, you are very familiar with them.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Is it safe to approach?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yes, it's safe to approach.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03You've got the breakfast ready, I see.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- SHE LAUGHS - What have I got to do?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- How hungry?- Beg for it? - LAUGHING:- Yes.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Arina has been here for 24 years,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15and Raymond has lived on Pebble all of his life.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18But at the end of the month their tenancy is up.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22In two weeks' time, they're leaving Pebble Island
0:04:22 > 0:04:25and they are going to make their way to Stanley.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31And that will be a farewell to this place that they know and love.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36That their heart has been rooted in for all of these years.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40So I just felt deep down inside me I wanted to visit them and say,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42"Thinking of you."
0:04:42 > 0:04:46I think they would liked to have stayed on a few more years
0:04:46 > 0:04:49if they could have had their perfect choice, so to speak.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53But it hasn't worked out for them for all kinds of reasons.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56But it's going to such a massive change to leave
0:04:56 > 0:04:59lovely, remote, beautiful Pebble Island behind.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03We can just sit them here.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Anywhere. So we can just put these here.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12You deserve a cup of tea now, would you like a cup of tea?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Now we're talking.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15SHE LAUGHS
0:05:18 > 0:05:20So what have you got still to do?
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Oh, five generations of stuff we've got to pack up, you know.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Photographs and...
0:05:27 > 0:05:30So your family goes back five generations on Pebble Island?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Yep.- 1800 and something?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33I can't remember.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- 1860, wasn't it, or before that. - Yes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Old man Betts came here with the gauchos.- Yeah.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Yeah, it's going to be strange.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I was brought up here.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Worked here over 48 years, close on 50.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I don't like the idea of it, it's scary.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56It is a massive change and so you have to consciously
0:05:56 > 0:06:00and deliberately be a bit gentle with yourself.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03You're to recognise that you don't know how you are going to feel
0:06:03 > 0:06:08so don't be surprised if you feel yourself getting snappy or
0:06:08 > 0:06:12you are lost or you don't quite know what you are doing.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14You are losing all sense of time.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Complete disorientation, I would imagine.- Yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20It's a bit of a worry, really.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29I think there are going to be sharp moments of real loss and grief.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I can draw on my own feelings maybe to try and understand how they
0:06:32 > 0:06:35might be feeling, but there's a lot of difference between me spending
0:06:35 > 0:06:39seven years here and them spending a lifetime on Pebble Island.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Every summer on the Falklands, a colony of around 1,000 pairs
0:06:48 > 0:06:51of king penguins come to the archipelago to
0:06:51 > 0:06:53breed during the warmer months.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57By the time winter approaches, the chicks are fattened up and resilient
0:06:57 > 0:07:02enough to be left alone while their parents return to the sea.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06They come back to shore once every few months to feed their young.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11It's a chilly morning on the outskirts of Stanley
0:07:11 > 0:07:15and local vet Steve Pointing is casting his professional eye
0:07:15 > 0:07:20over the penguins in the care of the Falklands Conservation team.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23We've got George. The fairly fat one.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Yeah. And then we've got June.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- The skinniest of the three, perhaps.- And Callum.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31These two new birds, they came from Pebble Island, the same
0:07:31 > 0:07:36as George, they'd swam through some oil when they've been out fishing.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39They both look pretty healthy, don't they?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Yeah, they seem pretty lively and alert.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43You can see quite clearly...
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Come round this way.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Nathan McNally works with Falklands Conservation as a volunteer
0:07:49 > 0:07:52and has been monitoring the penguins' progress.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Yes, it was the right eye, it was a wee bit goopy, but seems to be OK.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Yeah.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59The largest of the three is George,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01who has been with them for seven weeks.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04And Nathan is hoping that he is almost fit enough
0:08:04 > 0:08:05to return to the sea.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07We're going to have a look at his right eye,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10which has just got a little bit of a discharge.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Doesn't look like it's anything too serious,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14but we'll just have a look in better light.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Right.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Here we go.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Let's have a look at this eye, shall we?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Let's see what your eye looks like.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28The actual eye itself is fine.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32It's just got a bit mucky on the feathers around the eye.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Oh, you don't want that. Right.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36He doesn't like it very much.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40He was found on Surf Bay, which is a small beach close to Stanley.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44And he was bought in with some oil down one side of him
0:08:44 > 0:08:46and we don't know how he got it.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49It's probably from a ship, from it's bilges or something like that.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52So it's just bad luck on George's behalf for getting it.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Obviously there may well be others that have also been covered in oil
0:08:55 > 0:08:59and we probably will never see those if they don't come up onto a beach
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- where somebody...- Walks there. - Yeah, absolutely.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Just use Fairy liquid.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05That will wash away all the oils.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07That process strips their natural oils,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09so while we have got him here, essentially it's so
0:09:09 > 0:09:13he can start preening and recharging his feathers with the natural
0:09:13 > 0:09:17oils that keep them waterproof and ultimately warm in the water.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Yeah, the final stage is taking him into the pool for that last swim
0:09:20 > 0:09:23and just checking to make sure he is really ready to go
0:09:23 > 0:09:25out and return to the wild.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27THEY CHEER
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Jackpot.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33And if only you had smelly vision.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36How many times a day do you have to change trousers?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Normally not too often.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42With the abundance of spectacular flora and fauna all around
0:09:42 > 0:09:46the islands, it's heaven for wildlife enthusiasts.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51And over in Stanley, Steve Massam has made a living out of it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53He's worked here for 13 years
0:09:53 > 0:09:58as the Falkland Islands' resident animal artist and taxidermist.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I always describe taxidermy as tailoring in reverse, basically.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05You've got the suit, you've just got to make a body to fit it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I've always had an interest in natural history
0:10:07 > 0:10:09from a very early age.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13When I was about six or seven, my parents can remember me
0:10:13 > 0:10:16finding boxes of bones under the bed.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Taxidermy really just came as an extension, really -
0:10:19 > 0:10:22me wanting to preserve as much of the specimen as I possibly could.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Steve's long-term project is creating a diorama scene
0:10:27 > 0:10:31for the museum, which will show the islands' unique birdlife.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Instead of just having individual specimens mounted on a small
0:10:34 > 0:10:38wooden base or something, a diorama portrays
0:10:38 > 0:10:40the habitat in which the specimens would be living.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43It's got to be good for the museum
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and it's got to be good for the wildlife of the Falklands as well.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50He's been adding to his collection ever since he came to the islands.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52And these days, everyone knows who to ring
0:10:52 > 0:10:54if they find a potential specimen.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58If I get a call and they say, "I've got a black throated finch,"
0:10:58 > 0:11:03or it could be an albatross, dead seal and they...
0:11:03 > 0:11:09they ask if I want it or the museum wants it and what to do with it.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11The best thing to do is to just,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14if it's something small, just to put it in the deep freeze.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I think I did a swallow that was in the deep freeze
0:11:17 > 0:11:22for about 32 years, you know. So they can be kept a long time.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23HE CHUCKLES
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Over in the new museum itself, it's all go.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30They're moving to a new, much larger site in the dockyard.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Will this one go on there?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33And then you can take that one out.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37After months of preparation, they're starting to pack up
0:11:37 > 0:11:39200 years of the islands' history.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42OK, that definitely can go with this next lot.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Maybe this too?
0:11:43 > 0:11:47The museum director, Leona Roberts, has worked here for 12 years
0:11:47 > 0:11:50and knows the story behind every exhibit in the building.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54This used to be an Argentine bunker.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58This used to be somebody's home. There were sheets of tin,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01just as you would find them out and about all round the camp.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02And lots of little bits inside
0:12:02 > 0:12:05including the guitar that's in there,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08letters from people in Argentina
0:12:08 > 0:12:12and all sorts of random things that you do still find them, even now.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Then this really random and disturbing
0:12:16 > 0:12:18travelling dentist's chair
0:12:18 > 0:12:21which was pedal powered and according to some people
0:12:21 > 0:12:23who still remember it being used -
0:12:23 > 0:12:26it was used I think as late as the early '70s -
0:12:26 > 0:12:28that it was fine if you went to see the dentist
0:12:28 > 0:12:32early in the day, but by the end of the day his foot was getting
0:12:32 > 0:12:36tired and so you would hear the drill slowing down and winding up.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38It doesn't bear thinking about.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43We are keepers of the islands' heritage really.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48It's an enormous responsibility and actually just making this
0:12:48 > 0:12:52first move into packing has bought it home even more.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Moving house is a stressful thing,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58moving museums is something else entirely.
0:13:11 > 0:13:18'88.3, 102, 105, 96.5 FM and 5.30 MW,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20'this is Falklands Radio,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22'putting the unity in community.'
0:13:23 > 0:13:29In a moment, we'll hear Richard Hines on his last Simply Classical,
0:13:29 > 0:13:30here on Falklands Radio.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36During his years on the islands, Richard has regularly
0:13:36 > 0:13:40presented a radio show with producer Monica Limburn.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Good evening and welcome.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47My name is Richard Hines and sadly this will be the final
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Simply Classical presentation I make before my wife Jen and I
0:13:51 > 0:13:55bid farewell to the islands on Friday morning and return to the UK.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58To mark this occasion, I've chosen to play pieces of music which
0:13:58 > 0:14:01have found a special place in my heart,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04'because they stunned me when I first heard them
0:14:04 > 0:14:07'and because their impact has never really worn off since.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11'A sort of metaphor, if you like, for the effect the Falkland Islands
0:14:11 > 0:14:15'have had on me since we arrived nearly seven years ago.'
0:14:15 > 0:14:19My thanks this evening go to Monica and for all the times in these
0:14:19 > 0:14:22past seven years she's helped me present Simply Classical.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26And thank you for sharing this final evening of music with me,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29and thank you for sharing your islands with me.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- There we are...- Done.- Done.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Really good.- That's it. - Give us a kiss.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Aw, bless you.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41SHE LAUGHS
0:14:41 > 0:14:45All around Stanley, people are preparing to say goodbye
0:14:45 > 0:14:46to Richard and Jen.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50After his final Sunday service,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53they're throwing a farewell party in the town hall.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55It's a traditional bring-and-share event,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58so everyone is doing their bit.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Close friend Brenda Berntsen wants to make sure
0:15:01 > 0:15:05the guests of honour know how much they have meant to the community.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09I'm going to be a bit vain here and say they're probably extra special
0:15:09 > 0:15:14to me because they're my spiritual parents, they are the ones that have
0:15:14 > 0:15:18led me and guided me and taught me.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21And they've just come to mean so, so much.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I'm sorry they're leaving.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Across town, nine-year-old Hugh Lilley
0:15:29 > 0:15:33and his little brother, Oscar, are also keen to help out.
0:15:37 > 0:15:44We once went to their house to show the expedition to South Georgia
0:15:44 > 0:15:50and the Arctic and had dinner there, and it was really nice.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Yeah. I hope they enjoy them.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57In the oven they pop.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04At Government House, they're marking the occasion in a more formal manner.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06This evening, Richard and Jen have been invited to
0:16:06 > 0:16:09an official farewell ceremony.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13With the Governor away on business,
0:16:13 > 0:16:17deputy, Sandra Tyler-Haywood, is in charge of proceedings.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Ladies and gentlemen,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22if I may interrupt your conversations for a short while.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Richard has become a real part of Falklands' community
0:16:25 > 0:16:30and he's made it his job to get to know everyone.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34And he's been there for everyone in good times and in bad,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37and we are really going to miss you.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me the greatest honour to do this really.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Richard, the Falklands Veterans want to make you
0:16:45 > 0:16:47an honorary member of SAMA.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51GASPS AND APPLAUSE
0:16:59 > 0:17:03The icing on the cake was Richard being told he's been made
0:17:03 > 0:17:06an honorary member of SAMA. Now, people who don't know that,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08that's a South Atlantic Medal Association.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10So they're the veterans of 1982.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14And to be made an honorary member of that association
0:17:14 > 0:17:18is just mind-blowing. It is such a compliment.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21And I have to say there was a couple who came up and they said,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24"I've been thinking of several things I wanted to say to you,
0:17:24 > 0:17:29"but it's crystallised down into one word - stay."
0:17:29 > 0:17:32And I... I mean, part of us would love to stay,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34but we know it's not possible.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36But it's nice being told.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38SHE LAUGHS
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Well, thank you.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Right. We'll see what you're like with the water today.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52At the Penguin Rehabilitation Centre,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Nathan and the island's vet Steve need to see if
0:17:55 > 0:17:59George the king penguin is ready to return to the sea.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Before he takes a dip into the icy water,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05he's fed his daily ration of fish.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07These are called rock cod locally.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09And we are putting them in headfirst
0:18:09 > 0:18:12because that's the best way for them to go down the throat.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15They don't seem to have an off switch when it comes to eating.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18You'd like more, wouldn't you?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Yes, you thought that wasn't enough.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Yeah, he's pretty close to being released back into the wild,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27so we'll pop him in the pool and see if he wants to go in
0:18:27 > 0:18:29and it will be a good test to see if he's ready or not.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Let's give it a go and see what he thinks of the water.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Come on, George.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Just come on.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39GEORGE SQUAWKS
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Well, he's still a reluctant swimmer.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46THEY LAUGH
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Do you not like it in there?- No.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52You can see the water is beading off his front there quite nicely,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54so he's getting there.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56You can definitely see the beading down there, can't you?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Yeah, yeah, it's starting but I think he's still not quite ready.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04He's not fully waterproof yet so when he goes into the water,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06water goes through the top layer of feathers
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and then gets down to skin level.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11But normally, if he was completely waterproof,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13as he would be naturally,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16he'd have a layer of waterproof feathers on the top
0:19:16 > 0:19:20which would stop water getting down below that level.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23So the water is cold and gets to his skin
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and that makes him cold as well.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28So that's why he's a bit reluctant to stay in there at the moment.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31He's probably a week behind where we'd have liked him to have been.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34But it's better to be safer than sorry.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Says, "I'm on the move again."
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Yep.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41For now, George is remaining on the island with his friends
0:19:41 > 0:19:44June and Callum until he's fully waterproofed.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Careful there, George.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56At the site of the new museum in the heart of Stanley,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00they're still a month away from reopening for spring.
0:20:01 > 0:20:07Inside, volunteers are unpacking over 5,000 historical objects that
0:20:07 > 0:20:11have been transported across town, without a single breakage.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15There's a lot to do and everyone is getting stuck in,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19in a uniquely Falklands fashion.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Everybody has goose wings in their houses.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25They're easy to get into corners,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28like little delicate things like that.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I've always used one.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43After years of preparation, artist-come-taxidermist Steve
0:20:43 > 0:20:49is putting the finishing touches to his diorama of the islands' wildlife.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51In pride of place is the king penguin.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56The king penguin is perhaps seen as the iconic
0:20:56 > 0:20:58penguin of the Falkland Islands.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04And yeah, this one unfortunately got caught in a fishing net and it
0:21:04 > 0:21:09was in a bit of a mess when it was found, when it was discovered.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13But, fortunately, I managed to make a decent specimen out of it.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18It's nice to finally, after about 12 years it's been,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I've been waiting to do something like this
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and it's nice to see it finally come to fruition.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36At Stanley airport, Arina and Raymond are arriving.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40They've left their home on Pebble for the final time and have said
0:21:40 > 0:21:45goodbye to the farm that Raymond and his family ran for generations.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Coming from an island with a population of just five
0:21:48 > 0:21:51to Stanley where over 2,000 people are now living
0:21:51 > 0:21:55is a daunting prospect, but they have bought with them
0:21:55 > 0:21:58a very special cargo to help them feel at home.
0:21:58 > 0:22:0214 of Arina's favourite hens have come to start a new life
0:22:02 > 0:22:05with them in Stanley.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Arina and Raymond's new house isn't ready.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12For now, they are going to stay with Arina's 91-year-old mother, Clara.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Yoo-hoo! Hello.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- Good morning! Morning!- Morning.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23I've got you some things from the container.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24I saw, yes.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Can I put them in the garden shed or whatever?- Yes.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30OK, righty ho. I shall go and get them.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34How are we doing, girls? Oh, wow. One egg there.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Well, that's all right, we'll just leave that there.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39There's lots of nice things to pick out here
0:22:39 > 0:22:41but don't eat the flowers though
0:22:41 > 0:22:44cos I don't think my mum would be very happy if you eat the flowers.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- I shall say ta-ta for now.- Yeah, OK.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- See you later.- See you later.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51See you, love.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55It must have been a terrible wrench, you know,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59to be flying away over the land and looking down.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01I know when I fly over and look
0:23:01 > 0:23:05I always feel quite sad that I'm leaving the place,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07so must have been really terrible.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12On the west edge of Stanley is the Sapper Hill housing development
0:23:12 > 0:23:17near several dangerous minefields left from the 1982 war.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20The safe, flat land below the hill is in the process of being
0:23:20 > 0:23:24developed into 41 new homes.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Most of the new housing will cater for people attracted to the Falklands
0:23:28 > 0:23:30by jobs in the oil industry,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33but one plot will become a new home for Raymond and Arina.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Not much of a house yet, is it?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Hopefully, in about three or four months
0:23:41 > 0:23:43it will look a bit more like a house.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Few trees grow on the islands, so the majority of houses are built
0:23:48 > 0:23:51from flat packs imported from the UK.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56For now, all Arina has to survey are the muddy foundations.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59This here is going to be my back porch.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01We'll have a garage on there.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Up that side will be the sitting room, and another bedroom there.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Hopefully, in another six months, we'll have a house.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Complete change from Pebble Island.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20I really, really, really miss my pet sheep,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24seeing my pet sheep come down over the hill in the morning.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25SHE SIGHS
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Yes, I miss them.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Both our ancestors have been there for over 100 years.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34In fact, some of our great-great-grandparents
0:24:34 > 0:24:36and great-great-uncles and aunts.
0:24:36 > 0:24:42So, you know, Pebble Island was sort of like our real home.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48But never mind, these things happen and you just get on with it
0:24:48 > 0:24:53and go somewhere else and do something else.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- LAUGHING:- Sooner or later, I'll have a house.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Sunday morning in Stanley.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16At the world's most southerly cathedral, it's the last day in
0:25:16 > 0:25:21the job for Reverend Richard Hines, the islands' 29th incumbent.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Last Sunday service.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Feels a little bit strange.
0:25:31 > 0:25:37I tried to imagine what it might be like but we'll take it as it comes.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Welcome. You made it.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43We have lived on the islands for seven years
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and during the course of that time
0:25:45 > 0:25:51there have been periods where I have felt so completely at home here
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and haven't been able to imagine what it would be like to go away.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58And frankly, haven't wanted to leave.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Be assured that wherever we're serving God in the future,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09we'll have carried you with us in our hearts and will continue
0:26:09 > 0:26:14to remember and pray for you, as I'm sure you'll pray for us.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18So to God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23- ALL:- Be praised in glory forever. Amen.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26CHURCH ORGAN PLAYS
0:26:28 > 0:26:30CONGREGATION APPLAUD
0:26:30 > 0:26:31How fabulous.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Where's my wife?
0:26:43 > 0:26:47I don't recall ever walking out of a service and being clapped before.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Bit like being a Wimbledon champion, you know, the first thing
0:26:51 > 0:26:55you want to do is clamber over the pews and go and see your wife.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I was keen that Jen should come out and just walk with me
0:26:58 > 0:27:03because - from beginning to end - she has been my closest friend
0:27:03 > 0:27:08and supporter and I couldn't have really done what I've done
0:27:08 > 0:27:10in seven years here without Jen being beside me.
0:27:12 > 0:27:18Being married to a vicar means that you do have opportunities to
0:27:18 > 0:27:23meet a whole range of people right across the board.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Most people will say, "Sorry to see you go."
0:27:25 > 0:27:28And then they'll pick up and they'll be fine,
0:27:28 > 0:27:32but there will be one or two I think it will be most difficult,
0:27:32 > 0:27:37because we have been, hopefully, we have been a part of their lives.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Thank you for everything you did around the time when Dad died.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43I'll always picture you in your boiler suit.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- Very good. I'd put you first prize. - Thanks!
0:28:00 > 0:28:03The Falkland Islands is a unique place.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07The spectacular scenery,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10gorgeous views,
0:28:10 > 0:28:16space and quietness that gets into your very soul.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Beautiful people and moments that we have shared.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Sad times and the glad times -
0:28:24 > 0:28:29nothing but gratitude for having been here for seven years.