. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. Washed up canoe hulls are other indicators of drift materials in the Marshall Islands. The author has seen two canoe hulls which appear to be Solomon Islands canoes. One was seen on Mile Atoll, the other, a Binabina-style canoe from the central Solomon Islands, on Wotje Atoll (Spennemann 1996). 60°N. 120°E 150°E 180 = 150°W 120°W 90°UJ Figure 2. Map of the Pacific Ocean showing the origin of the drift materials encountered in the Marshalls. The greyed dot indicates the location of the southern atolls of the Ma
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. Washed up canoe hulls are other indicators of drift materials in the Marshall Islands. The author has seen two canoe hulls which appear to be Solomon Islands canoes. One was seen on Mile Atoll, the other, a Binabina-style canoe from the central Solomon Islands, on Wotje Atoll (Spennemann 1996). 60°N. 120°E 150°E 180 = 150°W 120°W 90°UJ Figure 2. Map of the Pacific Ocean showing the origin of the drift materials encountered in the Marshalls. The greyed dot indicates the location of the southern atolls of the Marshall Islands I-Kiribati canoes (with or without crew) were often found adrift. A sail boat hull of a modern Kiribati design drifted ashore in Mile in the late 1980s and has been refurbished since (own obs.) I-Kiribati canoes were often stranded on the southern Marshalls, especially Arno and Mile, and these atolls have several genealogical links with the northern and central atolls of Kiribati. Shipwrecked i-Kiribati crew were picked up by the brig Mercury south of Ebon in 1858 (Hezel 1979, p. 121). In 1882 other i-Kiribati were found drifting south of Ebon by the American vessel Northern Light (Hezel 1979, p. 139). During the 19lh century dispersed i-Kiribati were also living on Namorik (1851; Hezel 1979, p. 121; 1868; ibid. 127) and Jaluit (1871; ibid. 129; 1879 ibid. 136). Two Catholic missionaries together with fourteen Gilbertese left Apaiang Atoll en route to Marakei in early September 1942. The canoe eventually wrecked on Mile Atoll in the Marshalls (Richard 1957, p. 401). Even today, i-Kiribati fishermen occasionally drift to the shores of the southern Marshall Islands. In addition, there is evidence for internal drift in the Marshall Islands archipelago. Following the 1905 typhoon that hit the southern atolls of Nadikdik, Mile, Arno and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - c
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