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Amelia Earhart Search Forum => The Islands: Expeditions, Facts, Castaway, Finds and Environs => Topic started by: Doug Ledlie on October 11, 2014, 07:16:54 AM
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Summary of Niku 1 expedition makes a good read... http://tighar.org/wiki/Niku_I_(1989) (http://tighar.org/wiki/Niku_I_(1989))
The island is often portrayed in the media as being a pristine, untouched place but this report confirms shes actually been rode-hard-and-put-away-wet more than once...the proverbial village bicycle (everyones had a go at one time or other).
• Arundel coconut plantation venture in 1800's
• Norwich City wreck
• British colony
• U.S. Coast Guard LORAN station
• Land surveying expeditions
• Part of U.S. missile test range 1971
• Tighar expeditions
• Various visitors