The Arrival of Missionaries
An interesting look at the arrival … and departure … of the first missionaries in the Marshall Islands.
The Nudibranchs of Majuro
Amateur scientists find beautiful creatures in Majuro lagoon
For the past few years, two teams of yachtie amateur scientists have been exploring and photographing some of the incredible biodiversity in the Majuro Lagoon, focusing especially on very small creatures living in the tidal cuts. John and Lynette Flynn on the boat White Hawk and Ken Cone and Beth Van Zummeren on Eagle’s Wings Read More
A Dream of Atolls
A Marshall Islands Portfolio
Described as a “love letter to the islands of his birth,” “A Dream of Atolls” is writer-photographer Floyd K. Takeuchi’s first book about the Marshall Islands comprised solely of photos taken by the veteran journalist. “A Dream of Atolls” is a large coffee table style book that features 26 of Takeuchi’s photographs of Majuro and Read More
RMI National Election 2023
December 21, 2023: The unofficial list of Nitijela members can be found on this page: Nitijela members • Marshall Islands Guide (infomarshallislands.com) December 21, 2023: The unofficial list of Mayors can be found on this page: Marshall Islands Mayors • Marshall Islands Guide (infomarshallislands.com) RMI held its national election on November 20 and the Marshall Read More
Adapting to Sea Level Rise
The World Bank has produced a five-minute video about future ocean inundation scenarios for Majuro Atoll. The video is part of a study produced jointly by the World Bank and the RMI government called “Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in the Marshall Islands.” It provides visual projections about the flooding that is forecast to occur Read More
Our Ocean’s Promise
From Aspirations to Inspirations: The Marshall Islands Fishing Story
The story of how the Marshall Islands went from being a bystander in commercial fishing in the Pacific to operating the world’s busiest tuna transshipment port, two fish processing facilities, a purse seine vessel net repair yard, and a fleet of locally-flagged and -based fishing vessels is documented in a groundbreaking new book. “Our Read More
Battling it out on Kwajalein
KAREN EARNSHAW A series of stunning colorized photos of the US Army during the second world war in the Pacific, including a number from the Marshall Islands, were brought to life through vivid colorization by a Welshman. Royston Leonard, from Cardiff, used his master artist skills to reinvent the images … and kindly given me Read More
Fr. Fran Hezel, SJ
Remembering RMI
Today’s guest writer for Remembering RMI is Fr. FRAN HEZEL, SJ, who has been a regular visitor to the Marshall Islands since 1965. My first visit to Majuro in 1965 was memorable. On Sundays Fr. Len Hacker would hop in his bus to pick up the Sunday mass-goers and bring them to his porch where Read More
Natalie Nimmer
Remembering RMI
Today’s guest is NATALIE NIMMER who lived in the RMI between 2002-2011 for a total of six years. A WorldTeach volunteer assigned to Wotje, she later became Vice Principal at Northern Islands High School and then WorldTeach Field Director, Co-op High School Principal, and an adjunct instructor at CMI. In the Fall of 2002, a Read More
