Destinations
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How Dauphin Island Became Alabama’s Barrier Between Bay and Gulf
A deep dive into Dauphin Island’s role as Alabama’s barrier island: shifting sand, erosion, storms, sediment, and rising water.
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St Simons Island and the Layers of Georgia’s Coastal History
A deep dive into St. Simons Island history, from shell rings and Spanish missions to Fort Frederica and Gullah Geechee communities.
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Marshall Islands and the Nuclear History of the Pacific
A deep dive into nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, from Bikini and Enewetak to Castle Bravo, fallout, displacement, and memory.
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Catalina Island Beyond Tourism: The Island’s Geology, Wildlife, and Maritime Past
A deep dive into Santa Catalina Island as ancient seafloor, endemic habitat, and Indigenous maritime world shaped by isolation.
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Long Island and the Geology of a Glacial Coast
A deep dive into Long Island geology: moraines, outwash plains, kettle lakes, barrier islands, and the aquifers beneath them.
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Virgin Islands History: How Empire, Trade, and Sea Routes Shaped the Caribbean Archipelago
A deep dive into Virgin Islands history through sea routes, slavery, empire, rebellion, and the 1917 U.S. purchase.
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Why Is North Sentinel Island Off-Limits? Isolation, Sovereignty, and Survival
A focused deep dive into why North Sentinel Island is off-limits, from disease risk and law to the Sentinelese right to refuse contact.
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The Calusa Legacy and Mangrove Ecology of Marco Island
A deep dive into Marco Island’s Calusa shell mounds, the Key Marco Cat, and the mangroves that made this estuarine coast livable.
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Tybee Island Through Its Forts, Lighthouse, and Shifting Coastline
A deep dive into Tybee Island’s lighthouse, forts and moving coastline, where navigation, war and erosion shaped the island together.
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Kharg Island and the Oil Geography of the Persian Gulf
Why Kharg Island became Iran’s main oil export terminal: deep water, pipelines, supertankers and the risk of relying on one island.