Kiritimati or Christmas Island is a Pacific Ocean raised coral atoll in the northern Line Islands, and part of the Republic of Kiribati. Christmas Island was discovered by Captain James Cook on Christmas Eve (24 December) 1777. Read more
There are few who can honestly say they witnessed a truly momentous, world changing event, but 69-year-old John Brewster from Hythe can rightly make that claim. In 1957 John, then serving in the Army, found himself standing on a beach, on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, when he saw a sight, so fierce in its awe-inspiring power, that it has been indelibly etched on his mind for more than half a century.