1415:"ISLES OF SCILLY, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Freight is unloaded from the ship Gry Maritha at St Mary's Quay on St Mary's on February 18, 2017 in Cornwall, England. The ship, purchased in 1989, is seen as a lifeline to the communities on the Isles of Scilly, especially during the winter, as it provides the only method of bulk freight transport from the UK mainland as well as carrying all the islands fuel requirements. The temperate Isles of Scilly, with a population of just over 2200, are an archipelago of five main inhabited islands set amongst hundreds of smaller islands and rocky islets, located approximately 28 miles off the south western tip of the Cornish peninsula, making it the most westerly in England and the southernmost location of the United Kingdom. Originally, to sustain the islanders the Scillonian economy relied heavily on trade with the mainland, with industries such as seaweed harvesting, pilotage, smuggling, fishing, shipbuilding and more latterly, flower farming. However, more recently tourism has become the major part of the local economy, estimated to account for 85% of the islands' income and accounting for approximately 63% of all employment. Arrival to the cluster of low-lying islands is currently only by small plane from Exeter, Newquay or Land's End, or and only during the summer, by the passenger ferry Scillonian lll from Penzance. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) 12:"Getty Images
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