Volume III, Issue 2 ..................................................................May, 1997
SEE & SEA CLOSES
See & Sea Travel Inc. closed its doors at the end of April after more than 30 years in the dive travel business. This came as a complete shock to those of us who have funneled our passengers and marketed our services through See & Sea.
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FLUKE ENCOUNTERS
Could whales be making a comeback in Fiji waters? Adding to the thrill of swimming with spinner dolphins and pilot whales, minke whales, sperm whales and orcas recently made surprise visits to NAI'A, turning even the sanest of us into awestruck lunatics.
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SURVIVING AMELIA - ON ABC TV
NAI'A's role in the quest for aviation's Holy Grail turned out to be even more challenging and exciting than even we imagined. We returned with torrid tales of wild cyclonic winds, raging seas, daredevil skiff driving, mind-blowing diving, cheeky reef sharks, murky lagoons and mysterious evening lights emanating from Nikumaroro's deserted jungle. But the only question on everyone's lips: "Did you find Amelia Earhart?" Well, maybe.
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Volume III, Issue 1 ..................................................................January, 1997
SEARCHING FOR AMELIA
Pilot, pioneer, adventurer and enigma, Amelia Earhart is somewhat of an obsession for Ric Gillespie and the members of TIGHAR, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. TIGHAR's search for the elusive remains of Earhart, her plane and her navigator, Fred Noonan, has spanned more than a decade and taken them several times to the remote atolls of Kiribati. In particular, to Nikumaroro, where Ric believes Earhart went down near the end of her epic round-the-world attempt. Now NAI'A has joined the mystery!
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Volume II, Issue 2 ..................................................................October, 1997
THE LAST LONELY TRIBE
For all of us, the Tonga 1996 whale trips fulfilled lifelong dreams. Not the least of which was the grand vision which NAI'A was designed to make real. And so we embarked on our first passenger-supported research expeditions where scientists and ordinary folk were linked by a common love for and curiosity about the sea - in particular, those oceanic ambassadors, humpback whales.
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