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South Pacific Films by David Stanley
French Polynesia, Fiji, and Samoa have provided Hollywood with stories and settings for many classic movies, from Mutiny on the Bounty to Return to the Blue Lagoon. read more

By: David Stanley
Category: Travel > Traveling Abroad

Tonga Travel Guide Launched
The capital island Tongatapu is ideal for surfing, scuba diving, and bicycling. Nearby ‘Eua Island is an eco-tourism epicenter with some of the best hiking possibilities in the South Pacific. The beaches of the Ha’apai Group are unsurpassed, read more

By: David Stanley
Category: Travel > Traveling Abroad

Ninth Edition of Moon Fiji
Moon Fiji by David Stanley is the original travel guidebook to the Fiji Islands. The ninth edition has just been published by Avalon Travel of Berkeley, California. read more

By: David Stanley
Category: Press Releases > Books - Travel

Cheese Grits, Stories to Nourish the Southern Soul
AUTHOR CAPTURES SPIRIT OF SOUTHERN BABY-BOOMERS
Book portrays the adventures of growing up before the internet and the iPod.
It was a unique time - that time after we had split the atom, but before we were split by an obscure land read more

By: tomtt2
Category: Books > E-books - fiction

Moon Tahiti from Avalon Travel
Moon Tahiti by David Stanley is a comprehensive guide to all five archipelagos of French Polynesia. The 7th edition has just been published by Avalon Travel of Berkeley, California. read more

By: David Stanley
Category: Books > Reviews - Non-Fiction

Migratory Routes of the Southern Elephant Seals
During non-breeding seasons, the southern elephant seals can be found throughout the southern oceans. But once the breeding season begins, the population will split into three divisions north of Antarctic's pack ice—South Georgia, Macquarie read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Ocean

The Fascinating Southern Elephant Seal
The southern elephant seal is considered one of the two species of elephant seals—the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal. Considered the largest member of the Carnivora order to have ever lived, its name is derived from its read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Ocean

Elephant Seals and Climate Change
Even though they spend most of their time at sea, the southern elephant seals are observed when they come ashore for many reasons—mating, giving birth, or molting. But when they are at the Troll Research Station in Antarctica, they are doing read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Ocean

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee
How many of us think of elephants getting old and not being able to work anymore—where do the zoos and circuses send their retired and aging elephants when they no longer want them? One such place I have chosen as a donation for the year is read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Pets And Animals > Exotic