The latest news and features on the tiny island of Rockall
July 2023
High waves foil Rockall adventurer’s effort to retrieve survival gear
Chris ‘Cam’ Cameron and team beaten back after aborted attempt at record stay on remote Atlantic island
June 2023
Man hoping to break record for living on Rockall rescued by coastguard
Gales forecast as adventurer reaches halfway point in bid for Rockall record
Man hoping to break record for living on Rockall asks for extra supplies
Scottish teacher launches solo attempt to beat Rockall record
May 2023
Adventurers reach Rockall in bid to live on north Atlantic islet for 60 days
Sixty days on a ledge in the Atlantic: teacher aims to break Rockall record
June 2019
Don’t mess with the Scots or we’ll send in the patrol boats
Kevin McKenna
As the Irish discovered over Rockall, you play fast and loose with this proud nation at your peril
July 2014
The Scotland blog
Record occupation of Rockall was in the balance after vicious storm
Nick Hancock: my two new occupation records on the isolated, uninhabited islet of Rockall in the Atlantic but his bid was nearly scuppered by a vicious Force 9 gale
June 2014
The Scotland blog
Nick Hancock hits a first landmark: 20 days alone on Rockall
The adventurer Nick Hancock has passed a milestone in his second attempt to live alone for 60 days on Rockall, a tiny uninhabited islet 230 miles west of the Outer Hebrides: here he blogs about his first 20 days
Rockall: the outpost where empire and exploration meet
Fraser MacDonald
Fraser MacDonald: As Nick Hancock begins his Rockall occupation, what is the real point of expedition – personal challenge or territorial claim?
Nick Hancock: 60 days on Rockall
Rockall adventurer begins second attempt to stay on islet for 60 days
Nick Hancock, 39, is hoping to break two records by living solo on the uninhabited, storm-lashed north Atlantic rock
June 2013
Fishing ban proposed near Rockall after rare scientific finds
Unique gas vent found in seabed and two new species of shellfish uncovered during survey near Scottish islet
Nick Hancock: 60 days on Rockall
Rockall occupation bid postponed until 2014 after weather prevents landing
Adventurer Nick Hancock has abandoned his attempt to break occupation records by living alone on Rockall for 60 days
Nick Hancock: 60 days on Rockall
Rockall adventurer returns to port after landing attempt is thwarted
Nick Hancock's attempt to live for 60 days on barren islet is delayed as heavy seas prevent him disembarking
