If the Pacific Ocean is the haystack, then the island of Niutao has to be a good contender for the needle. Measuring a single mile across, with a population of only a few hundred, Niutao is one of the nine islands which make up the Pacific nation of Tuvalu – the world’s fourth smallest country,…
I love being next to the ocean. I love being on the ocean. But I have a mortal fear of being in the ocean. It’s dark and brooding. There are monsters, myths, and the shadows of unknown terrors. Of all those who go into it, slightly fewer come out of it. Victoria, British Columbia, has…