The islands are extremely remote

The proposals for St Kilda have just received the go-ahead after winning grants totalling �120,000.

The scheme will use technology developed for Channel 4's Big Brother television show.

The St Kilda archipelago - owned by the National Trust for Scotland - is home to by far the largest sea bird colonies anywhere in the UK.

ST KILDA 41 miles west of Benbecula Evacuated in 1930 Left to the National Trust for Scotland in 1957 A major seabird breeding station Visiting St Kilda

There are also whales, dolphins, basking sharks and some extraordinary flora and fauna.

But the islands are so remote that their unique beauty can currently only be enjoyed by about 1,500 visitors a year.

They have to undertake a 40-mile crossing of the often wild Atlantic Ocean to the west of the Outer Hebrides.

The Millennium Commission, the Wellcome Trust and the Wolfson Foundation are now contributing �120,000 to allow remote-controlled cameras to be installed.

They will use satellite technology to feed live interactive pictures from above, and below, water level back to the Scottish Seabird Centre at North Berwick.