The man on a remote island keeping Napoleon's flame alive
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St Helena, an island in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, is most famous as the place of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile and death. Today, the honorary French consul keeps the former emperor's homes and tomb open to the public.
(CNN) — In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, between South America and Africa, lies the island of St Helena. Sitting 1,200 miles west of Windhoek, in Namibia, it's one of the most remote places in the world: a 46 square mile island of dazzling cliff walks, breath-catching drives, and swirling flax plants rippling in the ocean-whipped wind. With a population of under 5,000, sometimes it feels like there are more dolphins in the ocean around the island than Saints, as the islanders are called.More Related News