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The Pacific's Past Sets the Stage for a Voyage into its Future

Vaka canoe patroling Suva Harbor, Fiji (photo: Arlo Hemphill, Center for Ocean Solutions)

Arlo Hemphill by Arlo Hemphill, Communications Specialist 

Suva, Fiji.  The islands of the Pacific are separated by thousands of miles of deep, blue ocean. From space, they amount to little more than random specks of sand and rock adrift in a vast watery world.  Yet ancient mariners were able to navigate these then unchartered waters and populate the lonesome specks, becoming the Pacific Islander peoples of today.  Unfortunately, their tradition of open ocean navigation has been all but lost in modern times.  That is until recently.
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