In recent years, Pitkerners have decided to court tourism - but many islanders are not fond of outsiders. The ramshackle homes lack front doors and are overgrown with trees and plants. There is a school for students up to age 12, with a current enrollment of three.Īnd while there are two major families currently living on the island - the descendants of mutinous leader Fletcher Christian and the progeny of a seafarer named Warren - the two ignore each other in a low-level feud that’s been going on for years, even though their family lineage is intertwined. Its modern residents eat the island’s fruits, vegetables and seafood, but the bulk of their diet is canned goods delivered by freighter every three months. Author Brandon Presser calls it a “trailer park at the end of the world.”īut, as Presser writes in his new book, “ The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific” (Public Affairs), out March 8, Pitcairn Island also has a remarkable history: The 48 people who live there are mostly direct descendants of the notorious mutineers who took over the HMS Bounty in 1789. Some 1,300 miles southeast of Tahiti sits a volcanic island with fewer than 50 residents, limited electricity and a boat to and from New Zealand just four times a year. Villagers stunned to find giant frog as big as ‘a human baby’ Tsunami advisory issued for US West Coast after Tonga volcano eruption Second major eruption detected at undersea Hunga Tonga volcano Blockchain bros are turning a South Pacific island into ‘crypto paradise’
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