Bouvet Island 247 years after its discovery. The Norwegian Polar Institute established a research station, made of shipping containers, at Nyrøysa in 1996. On 23 February 2006, the island experienced a magnitude 6.2 earthquake whose epicentre was about away, weakening the station's foundation and causing it to be blown to sea during a winter storm. In 2014, a new research station was sent from Tromsø in Norway, via Cape Town, to Bouvet. The new station is designed to house six people for periods of two to four months. In the mid-1980s, Bouvetøya, Jan Mayen, and Svalbard were considered as locations for the
Pierre François Étienne Bouvet de Maisonneuve to obtain a clear "casus belli", Bouvet anchored his ship at the entrance of Manila Bay, but stayed ready to set sail. Soon, "Antelope" and shore batteries opened up on "Entreprenant", which promptly retreated. Bouvet sailed to Corregidor Island and endeavored to blockade all shipping bound for Manila. After collecting enough prisoners in this way, on 3 September, he released them on parole under promise not to navigate at sea before "Mouche n° 6" would be released. Bouvet had them convey his ultimatum that if his conditions were not met the next day, he would attack the coasts of the