A paper summarizing the Joint Services expedition of 1984–1985 describes the island as "notoriously inhospitable" and states that there is evidence for only six visits between the discovery in 1898 and 1984.
Un documento que resume a expedición dos Servizos Conxuntos de 1984-1985 describe á illa como "notoriamente inhóspita" e afirma que hai probas de só seis visitas entre o descubrimento en 1898 e 1984.