1. St Helena, several hundreds of miles further south, has a similar volcanic origin to Ascension Island. It is bigger and has a much larger and permanant population.
Here the infrequent ferry service is approaching the landing jetty, immortalised on film by the unfortunate governor who missed his step.
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