In April and May 2007, after accompanying Mau and Alingano Maisu to Micronesia, the Polynesian Voyaging Society will sail Hokulea from Palau to Japan to honour and perpetuate historic cross-cultural connections and intercultural exchanges between Hawaii and Japan. This voyage is planned with...
Ancient navigation skills revived A Marshall Islands outrigger canoe has arrived in an outlying atoll after finishing the first long-distance voyage in the country using ancient navigation skills for 60 years. The 9.1-metre outrigger canoe 'Jitdam Kapeel' left 145 kilometres and arrived 21 ho...