George Somers Tempest". During their time on the islands, the crew and passengers built a church and houses, the start of the Bermuda colony. Somers and Sir Thomas Gates oversaw the construction of two small ships, the "Deliverance" and the "Patience." They were built from local timber (Bermuda Cedar) and the salvaged spars and rigging of the wrecked "Sea Venture." In May 1610 the ships set sail for Jamestown, with the surviving 142 castaways on board taking food from the island. When they reached the settlement, they found it nearly destroyed by the famine and disease of what has been called the
Beaver Island, Falkland Islands Island Group is . Beaver Island was named after the whaling vessel "Beaver" which was recorded as being the first whaling ship to double Cape Horn. Beaver Settlement lies on the island, with an airstrip nearby. It is owned by Sally and Jerome Poncet. Wildlife on the island includes gentoo penguins, South American gray foxes (introduced, not to be confused with the Falkland Islands wolf), peregrine falcons, southern and striated caracaras, guanacos, fur seals, and many seabirds. Beds of kelp can be found offshore. The Beaver Island Group has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area. At