Pacific Islands Forum

around the world. During that global endeavor, she perished in a plane crash on route to Howland Island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. However, I am not entirely convinced about the conspiracies that arose after the plane crash and alleged death of Amelia. The one that I was not convinced about was that Amelia was a spy for the United States’ Government. Also that during her flight over the Pacific Ocean she was later was shot down by the Japanese and captured because she was trying to gather…

The book Cheap Meat by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington is an analysis of culture in pacific islands, specifically Papua New Guinea. Flaps are a cut of meat from sheep that are especially fatty. This meat is undesirable to the white community and is often fed to their dogs. .For many within the lower socioeconomic status bracket, the only meat that is affordable is flaps. As a research paper or an informational book Cheap Meat does a decent job at presenting information in a concise and…

Jared Diamond went to New Guinea to originally research birds that lived there. Along his travels he met a man named Yali who he spent some time talking to, who then asked Jared the question Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own? Jared at the time had no answer to Yali’s question, so he decided to do research on the question and wrote a book about it. His theory to Yali’s question was it’s not the…

China’s expansion into the South China Sea, as well as their advancements such as the production of a fifth-generation fighter platform, has led to a power-vacuum in the Pacific that the United States and her partners will have to counter in order to maintain control and economic prosperity of the region. Therefore, it is integral to future sustainability of peace that the United States will have pursue economic bilateralism continue to deter conflict through the building of strong military…

A Hurricane is a tropical cyclone or tropical storm that forms over in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Southern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Close to the earth 's surface a cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms and a circulation of counterclockwise winds. Hurricanes can hit the gulf Mexico and all of the Atlantic Ocean. Every year the Atlantic hurricane season starts on May 15 and will always end on November 30. Hundreds of miles inland and coastlines, hurricanes can cause…

The attack on the Pacific Fleet (Pearl Harbor) was taking care of properly and the reaction from the US was rightful and justified. The lingering question is if the attack that US had on Japan was too far and did not fit the “crime”. Well indeed the answer to this question is that the US reacted properly and by entering WWII just to defeat and destroy Japan and its leaders was nothing but right. Even by defeating Japan, this was not enough to pay back the emotional toll the soldiers and families…

acquire California, it also saw the opportunity to trade with countries in the Pacific Ocean. Countries such as China and Japan could be within reach, and the U.S. would be able to boost its economy even more. For example, in a book called Empire on the Pacific, the author, Norman A. Graebner, argues throughout his novel that the U.S. expanded to this area because it wanted to become a power in trading in the Pacific Ocean. Trading with other countries is essential in growing the economy of a…

drastically. Ferdinand Magellan set out on September 20, 1519 to find the Spice Islands for Spain. Magellan discovered the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of Argentina. He crossed through the Strait and found an ocean which he named the Pacific Ocean. Though he died on an island, Magellan is credited as being the first man to circumnavigate the world. Ferdinand Magellan and his expedition to find the Spice Islands changed the world of exploration and changed our understanding of the…

Tsunamis are not only fast, but are also known to become extremely tall in height reaching sometimes over a hundred feet up (Tsunami Facts 1). That’s about the size of a ten story building. They are also known to stick close to the Pacific oceans “Ring of Fire”, occurring here about eighty percent of the time (Tsunami Facts 1). The reason for this being is that the “Ring of Fire” rests above tectonic plates that make volcanic eruptions and earthquakes more likely and thus making the…

day trade agreements for the Pacific Rim countries, there was the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, which was a model for the New Zealand/Singapore Closer Economic Partnership. This led to the making of The Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement. These renowned economic agreement between various countries in the Pacific were the rough drafts for the current trade agreement. The influence of these successful economic strategies pacts leads the Pacific Ocean border nations to…