What do people do at Heard Island?
For a start, there are hardly ever any people actually at Heard Island. The highest level of activity happens during Australian Antarctic Science expeditions to the island, which generally occur only about every three years and last for around a couple of months over summer. At other times the birds and seals have the place to themselves, except for the very occasional visit by a commercial tourist group, private expedition, or periodic fisheries/defence surveillance patrols. More information is available on the Human Activities page in the About Heard Island section.
