Month: January 2013

University of Uppsala's Gustavianum Museum wants to return three Polynesian skullsArt DailyA Swedish university said it wants to return three human skulls that researchers collected in French Polynesia in the …

The Irrational, Racist Fear of ChinaCounterPunchIn Oceania – in Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia – the British, US, French, Spanish, German and other colonial masters, smashed and then reshaped the complex …

Memorial book chronicles local's life on atollGlenwood Springs Post IndependentOne of the Roaring Fork Valley's more colorful characters from the late 1970s until his untimely death in 2008 is memorialized …

Deseret News Book review: 'Tales from the World Tour' is historical treasureDeseret NewsHis travels included visits to Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Australia, Israel and Europe. Jenson's …

The Guardian Shackleton's journey: what adventures are left to emulate?The GuardianSix Norwegian sailors charted a course from Peru to the Tuamotu islands, intending to prove Heyerdahl's theory that early man …