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	Nikumaroro
		Nikumaroro was colonized in 1938, by I Kiribati under the leadership of Koata of Inotoa, as part of the Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme, a plan developed by Harry Maude of the Western Pacific High Commission to solve the problem of rapidly growing population in southern Kiribati.
		The colony lasted until 1963, and has a fascinating history in its own right, but for an Earhart afficianado what's especially interesting is that the colonists found bones on the island, which may have been Earhart's, in 1940.
		Earhart's fate is the subject of continuing fascinated speculation by aviation historians.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /kiribati/about_destin/nikumaroro.html (125 words)

	Nikumaroro: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Nikumaroro is approximately 6 km long by less than 2 km wide.
		Nikumaroro is sporadically visited by biologist biologist quick summary:
		A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/nikumaroro.htm (2070 words)

	Nikumaroro (Gardener Island) Products and English, Pidgin English (Tok Pisin) Languages
		Nikumaroro (Gardener Island) Products and English, Pidgin English (Tok Pisin) Languages
		If you can't find it here, you can't find it anywhere!
		2 languages are spoken in Nikumaroro (Gardener Island).
	www.worldlanguage.com /Countries/NikumaroroGardenerIsland.htm (49 words)

	Phoenix Islands @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Under the first Phoenix Islands Resettlement Scheme, in 1938, I-Kiribati from the overcrowded Gilbert Islands were sent to Orona, Manra, and Nikumaroro islands.
		Eventually, by 1963, the settlements had failed (one story tells of a group of colonists who threw salt into their only freshwater reserve and claimed their water was ruined so they could leave), and any remaining colonists were moved to the Solomon Islands.
		There is some speculation that she may have crashed or landed on Nikumaroro, and a group called TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery) continues research in the area, hoping to finally uncover the truth about Earhart's disappearance.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0402/feature3/index.html (1856 words)

	Amelia Earhart
		In 1937, she attempted with a copilot, Frederick J. Noonan, to fly around the world, but her plane was lost on the flight between New Guinea and Howland Island.
		In 1992, a search party reported finding remnants of Earhart's plane on Nikumaroro (formerly Gardner Island), Kiribati, but their claims were disputed by people who worked on Earhart's plane, and her fate remains a mystery.
		In 1964, Geraldine Mock was the first woman to successfully complete Earhart's round-the-world route.
	www.infoplease.com /id/A0816541 (358 words)

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