Feature Island

Regional Information

The Marshall Islands are a group of atolls in the north Pacific, about half way between Hawaii and Australia. The waters of the Marshall Islands are a big draw, world-renowned for diving, fishing, sailing, and their miles of white sand beaches. The average water temperature is 84 degrees, as warm as the bath you took last night. The Marshalls have largely gone undiscovered because of their remoteness and lack of infrastructure; life on the outer islands retains much of its pre-colonial flavour. Unfortunately, the Marshall Islands are more famous for the American's not-so-secret Castle Bravo incident than tourism. Fallout from a nuclear detonation—intended to be a secret test—created international concern about thermonuclear testing. The Marshall Islands have been self-governing since 1986, but remain subsidized by the US in exchange for exclusive use of a few atolls as research stations.