Fuck the French for never settling Kergulen Islands like the Maori and British did in New Zealand...

Fuck the French for never settling Kergulen Islands like the Maori and British did in New Zealand. There could have been a god-tier nation with cold climate like Scandinavia and Canada in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Only brits hate civilization so much at the point of a) try to destroy it, b) leave it

yeah, except that it's a small ass island with almost nothing on it

it's more interesting to think what kerguelen would be like if there was more of it above the surface

Kergulen Islands are five times the size of Faroe Islands which the Scandinavians settled. I forgive the French for never settling Kergulen Islands because the Brits failed to settle South Georgia which is nearly the same size. Actually fuck both countries.

south georgia is covered in ice and like i said kerguelen seems rather sterile

Kergulen Islands have the same average temperature as Iceland. Both archipelagos have maritime moderation of their respective climates.

It's in the middle of nowhere

Their all-time record low is warmer than I've seen in a month.

What kind of economy could they have? Fishing? They're too far from any markets anyway

New Zealand's largest sources of income are agriculture, tourism and forestry.
Kergulen Islands could have fishing, tourism and agriculture.

This. Also NZ should try settling the Auckland islands again.
I really want to live in a subarctic colony that grows with importance each year due to climate change

>NZ should try settling the Auckland islands again
Auckland Islands are warmer than the Faroe Islands, however the former are only half the size of the latter.
>I really want to live in a subarctic colony that grows with importance each year due to climate change
Based and Christmas (Red + Green) pilled.
Subarctic inhabitants will become rich when their property values increase from global warming.

what would tourists do? what would they grow?
which place are you talking about?

no point, resettling the decaying countryside is much more important

good luck lmao

No profit.

I dont think they could survive as their own country.

>what would tourists do?
Tourists could see penguins, sealions and seals, seabirds, icecaps, tundra, snow and sometimes whales.
what would they grow?
Kergulen Islands have edible, vitamin C rich, native cabbages. Kergulen Islands have well established populations of feral reindeer and sheep, so livestock could be reared. Iceland has a similar climate to Kergulen Islands, so whatever grows in Iceland could probably grow in Kergulen Islands.

Kergulen Islands to France could be like Faroe Islands to Denmark.

The French really should have done more settling. They should have just exterminated all the Arabs in Algeria and replaced them with pied noirs and done the same with Madagascar.

settlings didnt happen because we controlled our population and didnt drive ourselves into total breeding chaos like Ireland and Germany