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	A Brief History
		On some islands the boy's diet was restricted to the best foods available: the flesh of coconut closest to the stalk, and always excluding the bottom part; the flesh from the upper part of the fish; and the middle part of b'ab'ai.
		On some islands, when a girl left her parents to live with her husband, the girl was given a coconut grater, a grating mat, and a mallet for pounding pandanus leaves used in weaving sleeping mats.
		On some islands all kaainga worshipped the same spirit, and on others a number of spirits--the shark, turtle, stingray, fl noddy or various other kinds of fish and birds --were recognized by each group of worshippers, who were forbidden to kill or eat their totem.
	www.fanning-island.com /_wsn/page4.html (5430 words)

	Yacht Shackles, a Westsail 32, visits Fanning Island, part of the Line Islands group.
		I had been approached by one of the few visitors on the island, who was a representative for the New Zealand government, with the view of chartering 'Shackles' for a trip to Fanning Island, some 200 miles west.
		Roger was to marry a 19 year old local Polynesian girl of the island, and return, with his new wife to Palmyra, on a vessel that was supposed to stop here within a week while on route to Christmas Island and the rest of the Line group.
		Apart from the fact that the island is mostly deserted, with few visitors except for the occasional visiting yacht, the government insisted on a passport, and so it went on.
	www.cruisingconnections.co.za /sailinglogs3.htm (3294 words)

	Kiribati Travel Tips - Line Islands
		It is a narrow coral island, two and a half miles long, NNW and SSE, tapering toward both ends from a greatest width of half a mile.
		The island is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef, which extends nearly half a mile off the northern point.
		Christmas Island is the largest coral atoll in the world with an area of 248 square miles of which 125 square miles is land and the remainder lagoon.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/kiribati/traveltips/lineislands.html (1161 words)

	Fanning Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
		Fanning Island lies 228 nautical miles north of the equator.
		The island is a roughly oval coral atoll, 9.5 nautical miles northwest and southeast, by 6 miles wide.
		In 1939, it was reported that the island was being fortified against a repetition of this; but the report was denied, it being stated that an undefended island of purely commercial importance was safer.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/fanning.htm (1601 words)

	Fanning
		In September of 1704 Alexander Selkirk was marooned on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez, four hundred miles west of Valparaiso, Chile.
		Fanning Island ("Tabuaeran" to the handful of indigenous yay-hoos who permanently languish about on this speck of sand) sits very quietly about 2000 miles south of Hawaii in the republic of Kiribati.
		Because Fanning Island is a classic atoll, the land mass was rarely more than a few hundred yards wide, and we were assured that it was "impossible" to get lost on our little bike ride.
	www.travelgrotto.com /fanning.htm (796 words)

	Destinations With The Music
		By any measure, Fanning Island is one of the most remote places on earth, an isolated speck in the vast South Pacific well over 1,000 miles south of Hawai`i and more than 500 miles north of Tahiti.
		Fanning is part of the Republic of Kiribati (formerly the Gilberts), and its capital, Tarawa, lies far to the west, more than 2,000 miles away, with nothing but open water in between.
		What this will all mean to Fanning Island in the end is anybody's guess, but right now the council members are anxious to catch up with the outside world, and they see N.C.L. as their ticket there.
	www.butchosullivan.com /destinations.html (1939 words)

	The Citizen Scientist
		The people of Fanning Island are gentle Micronesians speaking Gilbertese (this island chain used to be called the Gilbert and Ellice Islands).
		After a nonstop, two-day trip across over 1,600 km (1,000 miles) of Pacific Ocean, they arrived early in the morning at Fanning Island, and by 9 AM were meeting with the island council, including the chief of the island.
		Fanning Island is about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) south of Hawaii.
	www.sas.org /tcs/weeklyIssues_2005/2005-05-20/feature3/index.html (1322 words)

	Honolulu Weekly - On The Cover
		Fanning is one of the inhabitable Line Islands, in eastern Kiribati, 1,200 miles south of Honolulu.
		Fanning’s population has swelled from 1,700 to 2,500 in the past five years, with most of the influx coming from the Gilberts.
		Honolulu resident and activist Marion Kelly, whose grandfather William Greig once ran the defunct Fanning Island copra plantation, encourages Corbett to be a watchdog and document the island’s history.
	www.honoluluweekly.com /cover/detail.php?id=61 (3480 words)

	Fanning Island Cruise Port Review
		Fanning Island was discovered in 1798 by Captain Edmund Fanning.
		Fanning Island is under the Republic of Kiribati, where the island
		The main language on the island is the Kiribati language.
	www.cruise-information.com /fanningisland.html (252 words)

	Fanning Island Tahiti/South Pacific - Cruise Reivews.com
		Most islands have an equatorial climate, while the islands to the extreme north and south of the group are tropical.
		Fanning Island lies approximately 250 miles north of the equator and 150 miles northwest of Christmas Island.
		The islands taken together only cover 342 square miles, an area about four times as large as Washington, D.C. Eight of the eleven Line Islands are part of Kiribati, as well as the Gilbert and Phoenix Groups of islands.
	www.cruise-reviews.com /port_info/port_detail.asp?fPortID=119 (1360 words)

	Tabuaeran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tabuaeran (also known as Fanning Island or Fanning Atoll—both English and Gilbertese names are recognised by the Kiribati constitution) is one of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean.
		Tabuaeran has a population of 1,900, principally Gilbertese settlers brought from Kiribati by Fanning Island Plantations, Ltd, to work in the copra industry (copra is the meat of the coconut).
		Fanning was next claimed by the British in 1889, who blasted coral heads in the deep, natural opening—thereafter called the English Channel—on the west side of the atoll.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fanning_Island (517 words)

	Fanning Island Port and Shore Excursion Reviews
		Fanning Island is an atoll of 3 islands, each about 10 miles long and half a mile wide.
		The one road is a sandy 2-track path used by the 1 pickup truck on the island.
		On Fanning day they call 2 tender tickets at a time, and we were called at 9:15.
	www.hawaiiportreviews.com /FanningIsland4.htm (1005 words)

	Fanning Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ah Fanning Island a tropical atoll with groves of coconut palm trees swaying in the breeze.
		Fanning Island is part of the Republic of Kiribati.
		Noonsite Fanning Island The islanders are extremely welcoming and it is a pleasure to just walk through the neat villages.
	firsttravelweb.org /id124.htm (94 words)

	Washington Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
		The island seems to be building westward, for at the west end is an area of about 2 square miles with depths between 5 and 20 fathoms.
		The island became part of the assets of Fanning Island Ltd. In 1935 these were transferred to a subsidiary of Burns, Philp and Co., called Fanning Island Plantations, Ltd. It had been practically abandoned in 1924.
		Good descriptions of both Fanning and Washington are given by Professor William B. Herms (1926), who visited the islands in 1924 to advise on the control of a weevil damaging the coconut palms.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/washington.htm (1329 words)

	Fanning Island - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fanning Island, one of the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean and part of the independent state of Kiribati.
		In 1880 Fleming proposed the idea of a Pacific telegraph cable, running underwater from Vancouver to Sydney, as part of a global cable system passing...
		Fijians and Tongans settled the islands in the 14th century, and subsequently mixed with the Micronesian population, whose origins can be traced back...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Fanning_Island.html (100 words)

	CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
		Eight of the eleven Line Islands are part of Kiribati, as well as the Gilbert and Phoenix Groups of islands.
		However, Fanning Island is still the more recognized term, so for the interest of this guide, Fanning Island will be used.
		Fanning Island is where you'll want to take it easy for a day.
	www.cruising.org /planyourcruise/wwdest/overview.cfm?recordID=140 (312 words)

	Fanning Island Port Reviews
		Fanning Island is a coral atoll that is about 7 miles in diameter.
		Fanning Island is only 185 miles north of the equator, so it can get very hot if the sun is shinning and there is no cloud cover.
		BTW, when you arrive at the island there is a group of children sitting under a large tree singing their native songs to greet their guests.
	www.hawaiiportreviews.com /FanningIsland.htm (1008 words)

	Palmyra Island
		Fanning is roughly 15km long N-S and 10km E-W, and is dominated by the large lagoon.
		The island is inhabited by ~3000 Kiribati natives who were very welcoming and patient with the "crazy foreigners" (as we referred to ourselves) who came from America to drill rocks in their yards.
		Thankfully, the island was purchased by The Nature Conservancy in 2000, and has since been turned into a US Fish and Wildlife refuge for interdisciplinary scientific research.
	shadow.eas.gatech.edu /~kcobb/lineislands (811 words)

	Cruise Fanning Island with Norwegian Cruise Line : Kiribati National Tourism Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line and explore the untouched Paradise island of Fanning where the people are smiling, gentle, friendly and respectful of their beautiful culture.
		For further exploration of the island, bicycles may be rented where you can discover the outer villages, meet inquisitive children, spot giant land crabs and breathe in the spectacular postcard perfect views of the island and sea.
		Fanning island has one of the most pristine and perfect beaches in the world.
	www.visit-kiribati.com /kiribati/cms/cruising (353 words)

	NCL Cruise to Fanning Island, Kiribati - Boat Tours in Kiribati pictures on Worldisround (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If you are going to Fanning w/ NCL be very careful embarking and disembarking the tender used to shuttle passengers to and from the island.
		I went to "fanny" island in may of 2003 and it was beautiful we went on a bike ride and enjoyed it so much.
		Fanning Island may be a near distant memory - NCL is working with the Government to have the "Jones Act" not apply to NCL ships.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/11820/text.html (593 words)

	Fanning Island question - Cruise Critic Message Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fanning sells a whole bunch of dried seaweed to Japan, one of their few sources of cash.
		Millions of years ago, the blue (on the pic) in the middle of the island used to be the land but has since eroded so that all that remains is the coral reef that used to surround an island and the sand that covers it.
		Fanning Island's highest altitude is something like 10 feet above sea level and is covered with coconut trees and bushes and not much else.
	boards.cruisecritic.com /showthread.php?p=8135337#post8135337 (909 words)

	Edmund Fanning (1739-1818)
		Edmund Fanning was born in the township of Southold (now Riverhead) on eastern Long Island, New York on April 24, 1739.
		The rest of the Fannings were forcibly transplanted to Connaught, an infertile district in western Ireland, leaving behind their prominent, medieval stone tower house which can still be seen in present day Limerick.
		By Edmund's generation, the Fannings were a well established Long Island family that was related by marriage or blood to many of the other leading families in the area, who were mainly of English ancestry.
	www.geocities.com /joewickham/edmund.htm (2316 words)

	Fanning Island (Tabuaeran) Paper Money
		Formal possession of the island was taken in 1861 by HMS Alert and annexation by HMS Caroline took place in 1888 when plans were being drawn up to lay a cable across the Pacific.
		In 1939, it was reported that the island was being fortified against a repetition of this but the report was later denied, it being stated that an undefended island of purely commercial importance was safer.
		The decision to land COMPAC at Hawaii instead of Fanning Island brought about the closure of the cable station at the end of 1963.
	numismondo.com /pm/fai (1283 words)

	History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Stamps
		The contract to manufacture and lay the Fanning Island - Fiji section was awarded to Siemens Brothers, who manufactured the cable at their Woolwich factory.
		Fanning Island is one of the main Line Islands and is situated about 1600 miles east of Tarawa and about 150 miles north west of Christmas Island.
		Greig and Bicknell were confirmed as lawful owners of both Fanning and Washington Islands by the British Consul in Honolulu on 2 September 1864.
	www.atlantic-cable.com /stamps/Other/index2.htm (2096 words)

	AltWeeklies.com: News & Features: Honolulu Weekly: International: How Fanning Island Got a Toilet and Other Tales of ...
		Fanning Island is teetering at the brink of development, driven by the advent of regular visits by Norwegian Cruise Line?s 2,000-passenger luxury liner Norwegian Wind.
		There is an appalling prevalence of sexual abuse in the Pacific Islands, a reality underscored a few weeks ago when seven men, including the mayor, were charged with 31 counts of rape of girls as young as 12 on Pitcairn Island.
		According to Kirata Naan, the leader of Fanning?s women?s association, their biggest issue is violence against women.
	www.altweeklies.com /gyrobase/AltWeeklies/Story?oid=oid:141936 (3889 words)

	Noonsite: Fanning Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The island is neat and tidy, and every house is made of local materials.
		The resident customs officer is very strict and will not allow anything to be landed without his permission, although we did break the law and gave some T-shirts to some local friends, which he strongly objected to.
		The islanders are extremely welcoming and it is a pleasure to just walk through the neat villages, or cycle (we borrowed cycles from the policeman and customs officer) along the west side of the atoll made up of several smaller islands linked by bridges or causeways.
	www.noonsite.com /Members/webmaster/R2001-01-27-2 (288 words)

	Fanning Island
		Fanning Island is an island around 1,000 South of Hawaii.
		We came in to the island by tender.
		The island was very beautiful as we walked around.
	drango.com /hawaii/fanningisland.htm (249 words)

	CD Baby: VARIOUS: Fanning Island - Native Sounds
		Hear the history of Fanning Island this little known South Pacific Island and see native life, as it was hundreds of years ago in Polynesian culture (Video incl.
		Facts about Fanning Island can be heard on tracks 1 - 3, while tracks 4 - 14 include traditional drumming and chanting, but also songs that were influenced by western music.
		The informational part about the island is great, but I wished to find translations to the songs or at least a synopsis for each track.
	www.cdbaby.com /fanningisland (643 words)

	Cruise Critic Destinations: Fanning Island
		NCL has exclusive rights to call at Fanning and is doing so every Wednesday on its Hawaiian itinerary to comply with U.S. passenger shipping laws that require a stop at a foreign port.
		A woodworking factory produces items made of coconut wood from fallen trees on Fanning; clocks, jewelry boxes and lamps with translucent wooden shades are expected to be sold on the island starting in mid-January.
		The Norwegian Wind remains adrift about a mile from Fanning Island because the sea is too deep to anchor and the harbor too shallow (there's a sharp drop-off).
	www.cruisecritic.com /ports/newport.cfm?ID=43 (752 words)

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