It is one of the
most isolated island communities in the world. The tiny Pacific island
of Palmerston is visited by a supply ship twice a year - at most - and
the long and hazardous journey deters all but the most intrepid
visitors. What's more, most of its 62 inhabitants are descended from one
man - an Englishman who settled there 150 years ago.
Nine days of constant movement. Nine days in a boat, unable to stand.
Nine days with the fear of being hit by a tropical storm, thousands of
miles from rescue. The Pacific Ocean is big. Far bigger than one would
imagine. This is the journey to the island at the end of the earth.
Part of the Cook Islands, Palmerston is one of a handful of islands
connected by a coral reef which surrounds the calm waters of a central
lagoon. But within this entire area the reef sits too high in the water
for sea planes to land - and outside it the ocean is simply too rough.
It is also too far from anywhere for a normal helicopter to fly to. The
sea is the only access.
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