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South Pacific Ocean: On 10 November, the 69 ft (21 m) merchant vessel Joyita was found abandoned, partially submerged and listing heavily to port, north of the Pacific island of Vanua Levu, part of Fiji. There was no sign of the 25 passengers and crew who had been aboard when it was last seen on its departure from Apia, Samoa five weeks earlier ...
This is a list of people buried at sea. Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand [1] Horace Edgar Buckridge (1877–1903), English–born Australian soldier and explorer, buried at sea after dying during attempted voyage from New Zealand to ...
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.
Korowai people of New Guinea practised cannibalism until very recent times. As in some other New Guinean societies, the Urapmin people engaged in cannibalism in war. Notably, the Urapmin also had a system of food taboos wherein dogs could not be eaten and they had to be kept from breathing on food, unlike humans who could be eaten and with whom food could be shared.
Maurice and Maralyn Bailey were a British married couple who, in 1973, survived for 118 days on a rubber raft in the Pacific Ocean before being rescued. [1]Maralyn Bailey was born Maralyn Harrison on 24 April 1941 in Nottingham, England.
The fishing boat capsized and sank without loss of life in the Pacific Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Clipperton Island. Later that day, her crew of 10 reached the island, where they remained for 23 days until the guided-missile destroyer USS Robison ( United States Navy) rescued them on 1 March. [20] [21] [22]
Johannesburg, South Africa Jensma, a South African poet and artist, disappeared without a trace from Johannesburg in August 1993. [50] 29 December 1993 Pierre Bianconi: 31 Bastia, France Pierre Bianconi is a French professional footballer who mysteriously disappeared from his hometown of Bastia on 29 December 1993 and has not been seen since. [51]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1989 Ship State Description Chil Bo San No. 6 South Korea After she broke a propeller, the 285-foot (86.9 m) fishing trawler drifted ashore on the west coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Spray Cape