Marshall Islands From Above
While filming for the story on the nuclear waste dump in the Marshall Islands, the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent team of Mark Willacy, Greg Nelson, and Ben Hawke amassed more visuals than they could use in the episode. So here, for your viewing pleasure today, is a compilation of the best shots they captured from their Read More
Marshall Islands Story Project
In the latter part of the last decade, the Historic Preservation Office spearheaded the creation of a website that’s bursting with stories about the Marshall Islands told by the people who lived the stories. As well, the site has stories from nuclear survivors and includes elders relating traditional legends. If you want a taste of Read More
Majuro in the 1970s
August, 2017: Forty-one years ago, Eldred ‘Al’ Fewkes arrived on Majuro to help Jerry Kramer of Pacific International Inc. build a copra plant, bringing with him his wife Ruth and son Gary. Now we can look back in time at Majuro thanks to Gary scanning in some of the many photographs his family took between Read More
Dan Zak on the Nuclear Era
So we (the U.S.) tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands from 1946-1958. If you take the explosive yield and spread it out evenly, the equivalent would be like setting off one and a half Hiroshima bombs every day for twelve years. In the above video, Washington Post reporter Dan Zak, who visited the Read More
